Senior Community Physiotherapist inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 30 OCT 2024

Band 6: £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata, per annum  PERMANENT 
Work in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team including primary and secondary care, social care, voluntary agencies and others according to service users needs.

An opportunity has arisen in the complex assessment beds therapy team (Pathway 3) in Bristol for a motivated, compassionate and ambitious Physiotherapist who has a genuine interest in working in rehabilitation.

You will be part of a therapy team responsible for the management of service users who have been recently discharged from an acute hospital setting and are undertaking a period of assessment and rehabilitation in order to establish their long term place of residence. Your role will include the assessment and treatment of service users and delivery of rehabilitation programmes.

This role will be based within the Pathway 3 team which covers various nursing homes in Bristol, the role requires the flexibility to work across the Pathway 3 bed bases in Bristol.

Currently the service is Monday-Friday however will potentially expand to cover weekends in future. We are also able to support flexible working patterns.

Responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients with complex needs often arising from the frail elderly cohort

Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient- centred intervention programmes incorporating physical, psychological, social, leisure an employment needs, using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care

Work in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team including primary and secondary care, social care, voluntary agencies and others according to service users needs

Collaborate with service users, carers and family in identifying appropriate and achievable goals as part of the overall care plan, which will maximise quality of life and independence

Provide a service that focuses on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in health care for patients who are complex, frail and multiple long-term conditions

Facilitate referrals to other services or investigations based on your assessment

Take responsibility for the development of other members of the team including peers, junior staff, and students whilst assisting other junior staff to organise, prioritise and manage their caseload

Participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery of training both within the service and to other health professional as appropriate

Operational management of a delegated number of staff with support from senior manager

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.

An opportunity has arisen in the complex assessment beds therapy team (Pathway 3) in Bristol for a motivated, compassionate and ambitious Physiotherapist who has a genuine interest in working in rehabilitation.

You will be part of a therapy team responsible for the management of service users who have been recently discharged from an acute hospital setting and are undertaking a period of assessment and rehabilitation in order to establish their long term place of residence. Your role will include the assessment and treatment of service users and delivery of rehabilitation programmes.

This role will be based within the Pathway 3 team which covers various nursing homes in Bristol, the role requires the flexibility to work across the Pathway 3 bed bases in Bristol.

Currently the service is Monday-Friday however will potentially expand to cover weekends in future. We are also able to support flexible working patterns.

Responsible for the initial holistic assessment, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for patients with complex needs often arising from the frail elderly cohort

Use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, patient- centred intervention programmes incorporating physical, psychological, social, leisure an employment needs, using an evidence-based practice approach, promoting high quality and harm free care

Work in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team including primary and secondary care, social care, voluntary agencies and others according to service users needs

Collaborate with service users, carers and family in identifying appropriate and achievable goals as part of the overall care plan, which will maximise quality of life and independence

Provide a service that focuses on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in health care for patients who are complex, frail and multiple long-term conditions

Facilitate referrals to other services or investigations based on your assessment

Take responsibility for the development of other members of the team including peers, junior staff, and students whilst assisting other junior staff to organise, prioritise and manage their caseload

Participate in training; this may involve assisting in the delivery of training both within the service and to other health professional as appropriate

Operational management of a delegated number of staff with support from senior manager

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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