About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Physiotherapist to join our team, delivering assessment and treatment to patients within the community, including their own homes and care settings across North Cornwall. You will work closely with your colleagues in the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams to support patients' independence, recovery, and wellbeing.
This post is 0.5 Homefirst and 0.5 Community Rehabilitation Team. The vision is that this new post will improve patient experience and continuity of care by the same Physiotherapist being able to see the patient through their episode of care. The teams are based in the same office at Carew House and work closely together.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing specialist physiotherapist assessment and interventions tailored to patients' individual needs.
Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure effective and timely care.
Supervising and supporting junior staff and contributing to their development within the service.
This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a supportive and integrated community team.
Main duties of the job
To manage a defined caseload of patients with complex needs within the Community setting using evidence-based practice, physiotherapy process and patient-centered principles To provide a high standard physiotherapy to the service, performing advanced assessments of patients including those with highly complex presentations, and from this formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan. To operate as a practitioner being the first contact for urgent/soon requests to help both prevent hospital admission and facilitate early discharge. To have an active role with the triage of new referrals coming into the teams. To provide leadership and support for junior staff through supervision, training, and appraisal as well as leading withphysiotherapy students To participate in the planning and development ofphysiotherapy services. To cover a 7-day Rota. Model and deliver excellent evidence based clinical care, working as an autonomous Practitioner. To support the community rehabilitation and re-ablement model in line with a 'one workforce' culture across services, settings, and sectors in the community and step-down intermediate care settings.
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Job description Job responsibilities
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
Cornwall Foundation Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
Professional Qualification - Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy. Current Professional registration - HCPC Professional Qualification - Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy.
Desirable
Evidence of further training relevant to specialty e.g., Post Graduate Courses
Skills and Aptitude Essential
High level of specialist assessment and treatment skills. Commitment to and understanding of teams and teamwork.
Experience Essential
Broad range of post graduate experience of medical, surgical, orthopedic, and neurological settings Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team Comprehensive experience of working as a physiotherapist with patients with complex conditions Experience of managing the risks associated with managing patients unsupervised and in a lone working environment
Desirable
A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings. Participation in clinical audit/research activity
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Carew House
Bodmin
PL31 2QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)