Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering community-based therapy, allowing service users to improve their quality of life? Are you committed to a Home First/ pathway 1 ethos, where people can rehabilitate in their own environment?

Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live as independently as possible in their home environment.  We support rehabilitation of patients in their place of residence to maximise functional potential including the provision of equipment and liaison with other services as needed. The role includes assessment of functional ability and care support needs, both for establishing rehabilitation goals and longer term care needs if required. 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist to join our busy and dynamic team and promote choice for our service users and their carers. You will be working alongside OT's, case managers and support workers and will develop overlapping skills with these professions. 

In return, we'll give you the opportunity to develop skills and enhance your multidisciplinary working; we will provide you with regular supervision as well as the opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

We offer a flexible service which covers extended hours operating 7 days a week, to support our service user needs. Working arrangements include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

• Be an autonomous practitioner responsible for safe and comprehensive assessment and management of own caseload.
• Work within your scope of practice.
• Plan and prioritise workload independently and supervise assistants, support workers and students as required.
• Support and guide service users in appropriate goal setting.
• Use clinical reasoning and treatment skills to deliver personalised treatment plans based on evidence based practice.
• Maintain accurate patient records in line with guidelines.
• Work as part of a wider MDT to achieve patient goals.
• Communicate effectively with the wider MDT and case-manage services users as appropriate.
• Delegate and supervise appropriate tasks and physiotherapy treatment plans to Rehabilitation Workers/ Physiotherapy Assistants/Technicians.
• Be able to order equipment and ensure its safe and appropriate use, reporting any issues appropriately.
• Facilitate referrals to other services based on your assessment to ensure holistic patient care.
• Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, service users and colleagues.
• Actively participate in training; assisting in the delivery of training within the service and to other health professional as appropriate.
• Actively participate in service development projects as required.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.