Band 6 Physiotherapist - Rehab Home Pathway in Orpington

An exciting opportunity for a proactive, dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our community-based Bromley Home Pathway has arisen. This role provides rehabilitation to patients in their own homes to enable independence.

You will promote independence, utilising rehabilitation and enablement interventions, working collaboratively with a vast range of key health and social care teams and services, spanning across primary, community and secondary care, as well as voluntary and public sector providers, to ensure the successful delivery of intermediate care pathways in Bromley.

There will be opportunities to receive regular training from senior therapists, to participate in the larger MDT meetings, to develop skills to deal with more complex conditions and to develop your leadership skills. There will be regular one-to-one supervisions with a Band 7 Physiotherapist.

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work, and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our community by supporting people with their recovery, then we want to hear from you.

Please note that the post holder is expected to work 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Sunday.

The successful applicant will be supported and upskilled to gain experience in a leadership role to include the following responsibilities:

• Physiotherapy assessment and interventions
• Knowledge of NEWS 2 and the deteriorating patient
• Supervision of junior staff
• Individual caseload management and supervision of team caseload management
• Completing return to works and managing sickness as per the trust’s policy
• Carrying out detailed and timely appraisals in keeping with KPI’s
• Co-lead on the coordination of all discharges from the Home Pathway Team
• Lead on therapy input in the weekly consultant led MDT
• Streamline processes to support efficiency within the Home Pathway
• Service development; a review of current physiotherapy services and an innovative approach to developing new aspects of the service
• Lead on competencies for NRA and therapy staff
• Completing Audits
• Supporting with patient allocations with admin team and reviewing new patients into the service

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Salary is dependent on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alex Lavery Job title: Service Lead Email address: alexander.lavery@nhs.net Telephone number: 0208 315 8989