Gloucestershire Health And Care Nhs Foundation Trust | Senior Community Physiotherapist

Job summary **1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 11 months** *Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a dedicated and motivated Physiotherapist to become part of a dynamic and established Integrated Community Team (ICT) within the Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton locality.
The ICTs consist of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Reablement who work closely with our co-located Adult Social Care colleagues.
We have a role of 30 hours per week to join our fantastic physiotherapy team as a secondment opportunity or fixed-term contract ending 31/12/2025.
The post will cover Physiotherapy as part of the Home First & Reablement Team across Forest and Tewkesbury bases.
We work in partnership with GPs, community hospitals, mental health services and voluntary organisations to enable people to live as independently as possible at home.
The ethos of the team is focused around delivering person-centred rehabilitation at home, promoting independence and self management.
Main duties of the job
This is a multifaceted role with a varied caseload incorporating both urgent and routine patients.
The post holder will also be responsible for the delegation of work to other members of the Home First & Reablement team within the ICT, as well as holding a caseload.
This is an ideal opportunity for a Band 5 therapist wanting a development opportunity or a Band 6 looking for a new challenge who would like to work in new ways across one of the rural communities of Gloucestershire.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner; to work alone with access to guidance from highly specialised Physiotherapists within the trust.
To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.
To triage incoming referrals, deciding on urgency, and either delegate appropriately or provide the relevant urgent response within a timely manner.
To supervise, train, advise, support and manage physiotherapists, physiotherapy technicians/assistants, reablement workers, students and community care workers' performance who report to the post-holder.
To be responsible for the operational management of the team that reports to the post-holder; coordinating, allocating and organising the work of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services.
We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.
For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).
It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.
The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live.
Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them.
It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.
Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.
So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the job Description/Personal Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.
The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live.
Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them.
It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.
Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.
So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the job Description/Personal Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
Person Specification Knowledge Essential Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy HCPC Registration Full UK Driving Licence Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in rehabilitation of patients with complex needs/ multi-pathologies Desirable Membership to a relevant professional body e.g.
CSP Experience Essential Broad range of clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants Experience of working for a Statutory organisation Solid experience as a physiotherapist, or the ability to demonstrate relevant experience in the field of rehabilitation Evidence of significant NHS or statutory organisation community based experience Desirable Experience of performance management Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries Significant evidence of working unsupervised
Person Specification
Knowledge Essential Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy HCPC Registration Full UK Driving Licence Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in rehabilitation of patients with complex needs/ multi-pathologies Desirable Membership to a relevant professional body e.g.
CSP Experience Essential Broad range of clinical experience across a variety of clinical areas Experience of managing junior members of staff and rehabilitation assistants Experience of working for a Statutory organisation Solid experience as a physiotherapist, or the ability to demonstrate relevant experience in the field of rehabilitation Evidence of significant NHS or statutory organisation community based experience Desirable Experience of performance management Evidence of working across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency boundaries Significant evidence of working unsupervised 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
For further information please see
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
For further information please see
Employer details Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Forest & TNS Integrated Community Team
Cinderford Health Centre,
Cinderford
GL142AN
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