Bank B5 Physiotherapist Herts in Potters Bar inPotters Bar PUBLISHED THU 5 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

Job Purpose

This is a broad summary of the role detailing key areas of operation and responsibilities - further detail will be provided in the Main Duties and Responsibilities section, below, which provides more granular detail.

The post holder will be responsible for:

Be an active member of the clinical team, providing a comprehensive Physiotherapy service to residents of West Hertfordshire within the bed based unit.

Work within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.

Build up and maintain key relationships with referring services across CLCH including the acute and community teams to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the Physiotherapist and the Multi-professional team

Be responsible for the supervision Rehabilitation Assistants and Physiotherapy students, with guidance from Senior Therapists.

To assess the functional needs of patients providing intervention plans aimed at improving function and reducing the impact of disability, working with patients to identify Physiotherapy goals as part of their overall care plan.

To develop and implement treatment plans for patients referred to the services. These patients may present with a variety of multi-pathologies within specialist areas, including neurological conditions, musculoskeletal conditions, age related disorders, osteoporosis, learning disability and/or mental health diagnosis, with support from Senior Therapists.

To undertake comprehensive assessment, planning and treatment of patients using clinical reasoning, in order to implement therapeutic intervention.

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To professionally support and supervise rehabilitation assistance giving guidance and training when needed to maintain professional standards and good working practice.

Support the members of the team in the day-to-day operation of the service. This may include, contributing to team discussions, responding to patient needs, delegating and supervising appropriate tasks to Rehabilitation Assistants and administrative staff, communicating with other team members and outside agencies and other operational activities.

Participate in the team Caseload Allocation processes when required. This will require the use of clinical reasoning skills to identify appropriate referrals to teams within CLCH, prioritising the daily caseload in accordance with prioritisation criteria.