Physiotherapist

Job Details:

Banding: 6

Working hours: 37.5 per week

Payment Method: PAYE/Umbrella

Contract Type: Locum

Contract Length: 3 months

Pay rate: £27 - £30

Job Summary:

The Physiotherapist will work as a part of the multi-disciplinary Rapid Response team including health and social services colleagues to meet the needs of patients referred to the team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice. The post holder will be expected to deputise in the absence of the Deputy Managers for the clinical management of the care of patients referred to the team.

The Rapid Response Team aims to prevent inappropriate admissions to acute hospital wards, unnecessary Emergency Department attendances from the community and facilitate early discharges from hospital by acting as the gateway to Community Services within the Borough. The post holder will conduct specialist Physiotherapy assessments for patients in Emergency Departments, Acute Medical Units and in the community.

The team provides an integrated multi-professional assessment of health and social care needs. The post holder will assess and lead on recommending admission to intermediate care facilities for rehabilitation or refer to integrated health and social care community services for appropriate intervention, community follow up and case management. The post holder will also provide equipment necessary to maintain clients at home when urgently required following assessment.

Essential Candidate Criteria:

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• Professional Registration: HCPC
• Right to work in the UK
• Post registration experience of 2 years a Band 5 Physiotherapist including working within either community health or acute setting with complex cases as an autonomous practitioner.
• Experience within elderly care/intermediate care/community care.
• Applying and interpreting standardised Physiotherapy assessments.
• Experience of working with a wide range of complex conditions and providing specialist interventions using advance clinical reasoning skills and theoretical knowledge.
• Experience of supervising junior staff and students

Blackstone Benefits:

✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant

✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs

✅Complete onboarding support

✅Framework Rates

✅Informed tailored career advice

✅Personalised job alerts

✅Unlimited referral bonus

✅Prompt payroll

For further information on this role, please contact Finley at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.