Senior Community Physiotherapist in Bristol

Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Physiotherapist looking for a new opportunity? Come and join Sirona as a Senior Community Physiotherapist, where you can really make a difference. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving quality of life for service-users whilst being committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we'd love to hear from you!

We'll give you the opportunity to develop specialist community skills, enhance your multidisciplinary working and develop key leadership skills. The Sirona Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) are an innovative and dynamic service. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise their functional potential and support them to remain independent. Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live better lives in their home environment.

You will be working within a friendly and supportive INT alongside other Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Nurses, Nurse Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators. We can support some flexible working patterns - currently this service runs from 8am - 8pm - 7 days a week. Enhanced pay for weekends & bank holidays, mileage is reimbursed whilst you carry out your duties at work.

Main duties of the job:

• 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; reporting 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.

About us:

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality! We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential: BSc or equivalent in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration. Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
• Desirable: Willingness to undertake additional study and qualifications relevant to the role.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Essential: Explain and evidence how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required. Explain and evidence how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions. Explain and evidence how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff. Explain and give evidence of supervising staff and students of own profession. Effective time management and caseload management.
• Desirable: Recent relevant experience within the community setting. Working with a range of professionals in health or social care. Experience of supervising staff and students from other professions.

Application Reason:

Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.