Senior Physiotherapist

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Senior Physiotherapist

The closing date is 05 April 2026

Would you like to work as part of an Integrated Community Team?

We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic band 6 or an experienced band 5 ready to step up to join our dynamic Wyre Forest Glades Neighbourhood Team based at Kidderminster Health Centre.

You will work as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, enabling people to stay well at home through admission prevention, facilitating discharges and urgent community response work as well as routine community physiotherapy referrals.

You will work within a friendly, well established multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, Therapy Assistants, GPs and Social Workers. The caseload is varied and rewarding, involving holistic falls assessments and rehabilitation, orthopaedic and neurological conditions, frailty, respiratory and musculoskeletal presentations, palliative and end of life care, and urgent community needs such as equipment provision, sudden deterioration, manual handling challenges and carer breakdown.

This is a full time post, but we would consider applicants looking for part time.

The Neighbourhood Team operates seven days per week between 7.30am and 18.30pm, while the Therapists work Monday to Friday between 8.00 and 17.00, with bank holiday cover on a rota basis. Flexible working available.

Main duties of the job

Working as an autonomous practitioner within an integrated team you will provide timely and expert professional assessment and treatment interventions to patients in their own homes. This will be achieved through a combination of hands‑on expert clinical skills and knowledge as a Physiotherapist to treat, educate and support patients and by working with patients and their families to assess, plan and implement appropriate care plans and treatment.

Provide case management for a designated caseload of patients who have immediate and/or complex care needs.

Triage patients to ensure prioritisation of clinical need.

Develop and co‑coordinate individualised rehabilitation plans in close liaison with the multi‑disciplinary team, the patient and their families as well as all other services.

Work holistically with all team members, carrying out joint visits and actively participating in the integration of services by increasing the knowledge of all team members through case discussion and collaborative working.

During the induction the team will help you feel confident in your role and in how the wider MDT works within the community, and you will have access to regular supervision and training as well as your annual appraisal.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

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• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
  
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
  
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
  

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification
Experience

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• A minimum of 2 years post graduate experience including work in a variety of specialities
  
• Experience of supervision of junior staff or students.
  
• Experience of delegation to qualified/unqualified staff
  
• Recent experience of working in a community setting
  
• Experience of working in an integrated team
  
• Experience within relevant clinical field.
  
• Previous experience at Band 6
  
• Experience of implementing change in clinical practice/ audit
  

Knowledge

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• A range of evidence-based Physiotherapy clinical skills and knowledge appropriate to the role
  
• Knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the professional groups within an integrated team
  
• A good level of knowledge in a wide range of physical and mental health conditions
  
• General understanding of typical medications used to treat a variety of conditions
  
• Knowledge of research and audit processes
  

Additional Criteria

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• Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
  

Qualifications

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• Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy.
  
• HPC registration.
  
• Evidence of relevant post Graduate courses / CPD maintained in portfolio.
  
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
  
• Evidence of relevant validated clinical courses
  
• Clinical Educators Qualification
  

Skills and Abilities

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• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English
  
• In both verbal and written formats
  
• Awareness of scope of practice
  
• Ability to identify and plan individual rehabilitation needs in partnership with patients/ their carers
  
• Ability to make decisions autonomously, but liaise closely with and work across the multidisciplinary integrated team
  
• Ability to use IT confidently and competently in daily work.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and evidence of good numeracy
  
• Ability to organise, prioritise and time manage own workload including use of effective delegation
  
• Able to maintain judgement and work effectively under pressure
  
• Self-motivated/directed and able to motivate others
  
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
  
• Able to analyse professional and ethical issues
  
• Able to reflect on and critically appraise practice
  
• High level of clinical skills
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Address

£39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern
Reference number

C9798-2153

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