Band 6 Physiotherapist - Early Supported Discharge

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week.

Main Responsibilities

In this role, you will manage a varied caseload within the Early Supported Discharge service, delivering assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to patients with neurological conditions. You will work both independently and as part of the wider team to provide timely, effective interventions that support safe discharge and recovery at home. You will carry out comprehensive assessments, develop individualised treatment plans and deliver evidence based rehabilitation. You will also work closely with patients, families and carers to set realistic goals and support ongoing recovery. As a Band 6, you will support the wider team through supervision of junior staff, therapy assistants and students. You will contribute to service development and quality improvement, helping to ensure the service continues to evolve and deliver excellent outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

• Assessing, planning and delivering physiotherapy interventions for patients within the ESD service
• Managing a caseload of patients with neurological conditions, including stroke
• Supporting safe and timely discharge from hospital to community settings
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners
• Providing guidance and supervision to junior staff and students
• Using outcome measures and evidence based practice to inform treatment
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential, as this is a community based role.

Person Specification

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Post registration experience including work within relevant clinical settings such as neurology, rehabilitation or community services
• Experience managing a clinical caseload and delivering evidence based interventions
• Strong communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience working within stroke rehabilitation or neurological services
• Experience in a community or Early Supported Discharge setting
• Experience supervising students or junior staff
• Interest in service development and quality improvement

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.