Bank Community Physiotherapist First Band 6

Role Overview

Provide a quality driven, evidence based physiotherapy rehabilitation in the community setting, providing physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans for patients requiring physiotherapy.

• Be a specialist physiotherapist and have a detailed professional and clinical knowledge. The post holder will be a specialist physiotherapist practitioner.
• Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist physiotherapy care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages for patients and families.
• Interdisciplinary working with other health professionals for holistic assessments and treatment plans including assessment, goal setting, planning and developing therapy treatment programmes; monitor and review, as part of the Physiotherapy component of the D2A Pathway Service.
• To write and review treatment plans to enable patients to maintain maximum independence.
• To undertake treatment plans identified by physiotherapists.
• Act at all times in a manner which respects privacy, dignity and confidentiality.
• To maintain patients notes in accordance with Trust policy.
• Manage own caseload, time management and diary arrangements.
• Manage, supervise and coordinate more junior physiotherapy staff, planning and delegating their workload as appropriate. Provide guidance and delegated tasks to support workers conducive to the individual rehabilitation programme delivered within the Home First Team.
• Triage referrals to determine appropriate level of physiotherapy input required to meet individual patient needs.
• Support those who require rehabilitation assessment and treatment, to prevent hospital admission and maximise functional independence.
• Support those who have been referred from hospital to discharge to assess pathway 1 for assessment and rehabilitation within their own home or in reaching in order to avoid an acute admission into Community Hospital bed.
• Advise and communicate effectively with patients (who frequently have problems with understanding), carers and other members of the multidisciplinary team, to maximise rehabilitation potential.
• Monitor the individual's progress and amend the aims and goals of treatment accordingly. Communicate effective complex information to members of the Multidisciplinary Team.

• Specialist physiotherapist practitioner with detailed clinical knowledge.
• Proven experience in complex/specialist physiotherapy care/support delivery.
• Excellent assessment, goal setting, planning and development of therapy treatment programmes.
• Experience in management and supervision of junior physiotherapy staff.
• Strong communication skills, ability to convey complex information effectively.

Working ad hoc shifts for Home First in North or South Staffordshire. The service operates 9am-8pm. Home First was previously known as Reablement. Work is not guaranteed we are creating a pool of bank workers. Please do not upload a CV; complete the full Trac application. Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency.

If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us. We are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.