Senior Community Physiotherapist inSouth Bristol inSouth Bristol PUBLISHED
TUE 14 JAN 2025
Sirona care & health CIC rSApwpnb
Furthermore, you will support the development of junior staff and students, maintain thorough documentation, and engage in continuous training. The Sirona Integrated Network Teams operate flexibly seven days a week, aiming to provide high-quality, patient-centered care for individuals with complex needs. This role offers an opportunity for professional development in a supportive and innovative setting dedicated to improving patient outcomes.
Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Physiotherapist looking for a new opportunity ? Come and join Sirona as a Senior Community Physiotherapist, a role where you really make a difference.
If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, improving quality of life for service-users and committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we would love to hear from you!
In return, we will be fully committed to supporting your continued development. We will give you the opportunity to develop specialist community skills and enhance your multidisciplinary working as well as your ability to support/supervise other team members and develop key leadership skills.
The Sirona Integrated Network 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 within their homes. 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 and Nurse Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators.
We offer a flexible service which operates 7 days a week.
- 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
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
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