This is a three-month bank post with NHS Professionals, working for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in its Assessment and Rehabilitation Centre. The role centres on advanced physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis of patients with complex or multiple presentations, and individual treatment plans that unqualified support workers can carry on. The post covers community rehabilitation across East Berkshire, with weekday shifts of around 37.75 hours and flexibility to go wherever the service needs cover. Applicants need HCPC registration and their own driving licence, as it is a community post.
What the job involves
- Carry out advanced physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and individualised treatment programmes for patients
- Assess patients with diverse or complex presentations and multiple pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning and manual techniques
- Deliver evidence-based treatment and delegate programmes to unqualified therapy support workers
- Work flexibly within the rehabilitation team across East Berkshire, going where need is greatest
- Obtain valid informed consent, check patients' understanding of proposed treatment, and work within the legal framework for patients who lack capacity
Qualifications
- Physiotherapy qualification
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Checks & eligibility
- Driving licence and access to a car for a community post
Nice to have
- Neuro experience
- NHS experience, especially in community settings
What’s offered
- Learning and development opportunities for career progression
- Flexible and committed shifts
- Wellbeing resources
- Paid annual leave
- Access to shifts across more than 50 partner NHS Trusts
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
