Community Physiotherapist - Weston, Worle and Villages

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, allowing service users to improve their quality of life? Are you committed to a Home First 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 better lives in their home environment. We also provide Planned (Domiciliary) therapy to ensure patients are assessed and supported early to maintain their optimal level of independence and avoid longer term concerns. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise functional potential and support them to remain independent within their homes.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist to join our busy and dynamic team and promote independence and choice for our service users and their carers.

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

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• 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.
  

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it's about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

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• Bsc or equivalent in Physiotherapy and HCPC registered.
  
• Evidence of on-going CPD/Reflective Practice.
  
• Membership of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
  

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• Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt communication for individuals with communication difficulties.
  
• Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions.
  
• Able to work autonomously and seek appropriate advice/guidance when required.
  
• Competent assessment and treatment skills including manual therapy, exercise prescription, directing a class.
  
• Effective time management and caseload management.
  
• Experience of working in a community setting (either student or post graduate).
  

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.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum, pro rata