Band 5 Physiotherapist

Job Introduction

The post holder will work as a Physiotherapist as a member of the Luton Intermediate Care Rehabilitation Service. They will undertake assessment and treatment of patients within their own homes or within the Rehabilitation Beds. The post holder will be able to work without direct supervision and hold their own caseload. They will promote patient safety and be able to manage risk. The post holder will work to improve standards of care through supervision and reflection on own practice.

Main Responsibility

Responsibility for Patient and Client Care

• Provide patient centered holistic assessments which inform the setting of Rehabilitation goals.
• Plan and implement Physiotherapist interventions as part of the Rehabilitation programme, including the identification and procurement of equipment / resources.
• Provide clear advice to patients and their family and professionals/care workers.
• Participate in response to urgent referrals.
• To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
  
  

For a full list of responsibilities please see attached Job Description.

The Ideal Candidate

Qualifications And Training

• Diploma/BSc. Physiotherapist
• Current Health and Care Professions Council Registration
• Evidence of CPD
  
  

Knowledge/skills

• Assessment and Physiotherapist treatment skills
• Able to set functional goals
• Principles of Intermediate Care
• Principles of safeguarding
• Principles of Clinical Governance
• Principles of working to professional boundaries.
• Clear written & verbal communication skills
• Team worker
• Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT
• Report writing skills
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Ability to prioritise, manage own caseload and manage own time
  
  

Other

• Application required to Disclosure and Barring Service
• Holder of a UK driving license with access to a car for use in visiting patients in their own home
• Eligible to live and work in UK
• May be a requirement to work shifts and weekends
  
  

Package Description

As a Band 5 Physiotherapist, you’ll be part of our valued MSK Team in Luton

You will feel valued as a Physiotherapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £29,970 - £36,483 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
  
  

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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