Senior Community Physiotherapist

Join Sirona care & health as a Senior Community Physiotherapist and make a real difference in community‑based therapy, improving quality of life for service‑users and supporting rehabilitation in a home environment.

In return, we provide full support for your continued development, opportunities to develop specialist community skills, enhance multidisciplinary working, and develop key leadership skills.

The Sirona Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence, supporting hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long‑term self‑management to enable patients to live better lives at home. You will work within a friendly, supportive INT alongside other Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Nurses, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators. We offer a flexible service that operates 7 days a week.

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• Initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients who are acutely and chronically unwell, often with complex needs.
  
• Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient‑centred intervention programmes using an evidence‑based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm‑free care.
  
• Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management.
  
• Responsible for allocation of work and efficient service/team coordination.
  
• Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships to prevent avoidable admissions and facilitate timely discharges.
  
• Collaborate and negotiate with service users, carers and family in identifying achievable goals as part of the overall care plan to maximise quality of life and independence.
  
• Facilitate appropriate referrals to other services based on your assessment.
  
• Assess and arrange the provision of equipment within scope of practice; report any issues.
  
• Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff and students.
  
• Maintain accurate, informative and legal records.
  
• Actively participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery.
  
• Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, colleagues and service users.
  

Benefits: Agenda for Change salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, NHS Pension Scheme participation and opportunities for professional development across NHS and non‑NHS settings.

Location: Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

For further details or informal visits, contact: Bradley Tucker, INT Manager –

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level. Employment type: Internship. Job function: Health Care Provider. Industry: Hospitals and Health Care.