Care Home Practitioner

Sirona care & health CIC

The closing date is 21 May 2024

Job summary

The Care Home Team are a small and friendly service that offer support, training and guidance to care homes, including learning disability homes across the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire area. We are looking for a physiotherapist who is passionate about multi-professional working and frailty to join our team. This is an exciting and developing opportunity to engage with residents in care homes, supporting prevention of deterioration and movement as much as possible. This therapy engagement will work alongside our successful 6 monthly campaigns to improve understanding and key themes of care provided in care home.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this exciting opportunity will be to work collaboratively with the Care Home Support Leads and team lead to support therapy provision in care homes. Under the direction of the team , the successful candidate will work to fully embed and further develop the STEP - 'Start Today Exercise Program' to make this provision available and accessible to care homes across BNSSG. the work will focus on improving function and engagement in one of our most vulnerable populations.

A part of the role will involve some quality improvement activity to further develop existing programs of work and there will be an expectation to support data gathering, analysis and presenting of findings to system stakeholders.

The work will be dynamic and require travel across the BNSSG in a planned way as well as attendance at meetings and training events.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Date posted

07 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

083-6284854-LL

Job locations

Warmley Business Park

Unit 8 Warmley Business Park,

BRISTOL BS30 8XP

BS30 8XP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

Person Specification

Multi-professional working

Essential

Experience of working in or closely with multi-professional teams

Desirable

Masters level modules undertaken
Teaching and Learning Qualification
Experience of Quality Improvement
Experience of research in practice
Experience of working in a community setting

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitoner

Experience

Essential

Relevant post qualifying experience at Band 5

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with vulnerable or frail people

Experience

Essential

Evidence of autonomous practice

Person Specification

Multi-professional working

Essential

Experience of working in or closely with multi-professional teams

Desirable

Masters level modules undertaken
Teaching and Learning Qualification
Experience of Quality Improvement
Experience of research in practice
Experience of working in a community setting

Qualifications

Essential

Registered practitoner

Experience

Essential

Relevant post qualifying experience at Band 5

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with vulnerable or frail people

Experience

Essential

Evidence of autonomous practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).