Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9328
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Are you ready to be part of a new initiative at Salisbury Hospital?
The Trust is investing in our Early Supportive Discharge team to enable them to support patients home as soon as medically fit with additional care provided by the Council. The service works to a 'discharge to assess' model, in partnership with Wiltshire Council's re-ablement team to provide therapy in the patients own home and ensure patients are given the support they need.
The team is based at the hospital, facilitating discharge plans and liaising with other services before taking patients home. ESD team complete assessments in patients own homes to ensure they have the adequate care and therapy they need to support their return to independence. You will be expected to effectively communicate and provide leadership and coordination to the team, whilst also using appropriate communication approaches to clinically assess and review patients. You may also be involved with providing care and practicing exercise plans in patients home.
If you are able to use your own initiative, be flexible in your approach, and are motivated to be part of a developing service, with patient centred rehabilitation at its core, then this will be the right post for you. The ESD team is a 7 day service from 08:00-18:00 therefore flexibility in working pattern is required. A standard working week is 08:00-16.00. Having a full driving license and access to a car is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to treat and support patients who have been identified for the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team either as an inpatient or in the community. You will be expected to work autonomously, setting treatment goals, monitoring patient progress, encouraging independence with activities of daily living and adapt treatment and rehab plans as necessary. You will also be required to support the daily running of the ESD team and supervise junior team members and driving motivation and a positive ethos throughout the team.
There is expectation that the candidate will be committed to providing high standards of care. Consideration will be given to those who demonstrate the trusts visions and values and exhibits behaviour in accordance with the ESD Team Behavioural charter.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration as a qualified Physiotherapist/OT
- BSc honours degree or diploma in Physiotherapy/OT
- Able to demonstrate evidence of ability to work at a Band 6 level whether through current Band 6 role or through development and training within a Band 5 role.
- To have competent IT skills in a range of packages including word processing, spreadsheets and PowerPoint.
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate training/qualification/education in relevant subject area. E.g. masters modules, leadership courses
- Knowledge of local and national priorities and champion of best practice.
- Experience of working within a community setting.
- Evidence of advanced specialist knowledge in management of complex patients with Long Term Conditions which require advanced clinical reasoning.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Wyre
- Job title
- ESD Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722336262
- Additional information
Ext 3108
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