Band 6 Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist

The closing date is 22 October 2025.

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• Provide occupational therapy or physiotherapy services within the Solihull Community Therapy Team and Specialist Community Falls team.
  
• Deliver rehabilitation to patients, promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission/re‑admission, and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the community.
  
• Undertake holistic multidisciplinary assessments and deliver relevant falls prevention interventions in patients' home environments to reduce falls and hospital admission rates.
  
• Contribute to seven‑day working programmes across the organisation.
  

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long‑term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

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• Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
  
• Degree / diploma in Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy
  
• Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
  
• Evidence of CPD including recent postgraduate training relevant to clinical speciality
  
• Evidence of leadership training
  
• Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educators Course
  

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• Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs. This would usually be approximately 12 months and will include experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics
  
• Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non‑routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy / Occupational Therapy relating to Community Services
  
• Previous and ongoing attendance at mandatory training
  
• Experience and understanding of team / service development
  
• Supervision of Band 5 staff, students and assistants
  
• Clinical experience within a Community Therapy Service, including admission prevention service
  
• Previous and ongoing attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist clinical work
  
• Evidence of attendance at and delivery of in‑service training
  
• Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit / R&D activity
  
• Experience of Vestibular assessment and intervention
  

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• An ability to cope with moving / manoeuvring patients / equipment on a daily basis
  
• An ability to frequently concentrate on complex patient assessments and treatments
  
• To be able to work following the PPE measures in place
  
• An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing / emotional situations
  
• Be able to work within the requirements of the 7 day working scheme which will include extended hours and weekend working
  
• Where the post includes a requirement to travel the post‑holder will be able to meet the travel requirements of the post, and as such it is essential to possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points
  

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.