Job summary
Exciting Career Opportunity for Physiotherapists!
Join our Solihull Community Services Intermediate Care team, working across multiple sites in Solihull and Birmingham. We provide therapy for patients needing further assessment and rehabilitation after a hospital discharge, to determine the appropriate community pathway/discharge destination for our patients.
Our main focus is supporting complex discharge planning and ensuring smooth transitions from hospital to community care.
This role offers the chance to deliver physiotherapy in collaboration with a skilled, supportive team committed to professional growth and development. We provide a 7-day therapy service, including weekend cover, and the post holder will join the respiratory on-call rota for UHB hospitals.
Ideal for an experienced Band 5 seeking progression or a Band 6 looking to expand expertise in managing complex discharges. Driving and access to a vehicle with business insurance is essential.
Interviews will be face-to-face.
For an informal chat or visit, please contact us--we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
*To deliver a high standard of therapy provision within the Solihull Community and Intermediate Care Bedded Units across Pathway 1 and 2.
*To support our patients in their recovery journey and minimise the risk of hospital readmissions.
*To make the transition from acute care to the community as smooth as possible, ensuring timely discharges and efficient flow.
*To liaise with various agencies to ensure safe, effective and efficient discharges.
*To provide Physiotherapy services in the patient's own home or residence.
*To contribute to seven-day working programmes across the organisation.
*To be part of On-call respiratory Rota
*To be able to manage your caseload and work independently.
*To supervise students on placements.
*To appraise, supervise and support junior staff and therapy assistants.
*To initiate/participate in audits, research and quality improvement programmes.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths grade C or above or equivalent
- *A Levels or equivalent qualification
- *Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy
- *Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post-graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educator Course
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of working in an Intermediate Care rehabilitation setting.
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
- *Post grad Experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics & Respiratory
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy relating to Community Services.
- *Previous and ongoing attendance of mandatory training
- *CPD portfolio
Desirable
- *Experience and understanding of team/service development
- *Supervision of Band 5 staff, students and assistants
- *Clinical experience within Community Therapy Services including admission prevention service
- *Previous and ongoing attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist clinical work
- *Evidence of attendance at and delivery of in-service training
- *Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit / Research & Development activity
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action
- *An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- *Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area and the profession
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on complex patient assessments and treatments
- *To be able to work following the PPE measures in place
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Be able to work within the requirements of the 7-day working scheme which will include extended hours and weekend working
- *Possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points.
- *Willingness to travel between different bases/sites across Solihull and Birmingham.
- *Business insurance for a car/Vehicle.
- *Able to attend a face to face interview.
Desirable
- *Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Good standard of general education including GCSE English and Maths grade C or above or equivalent
- *A Levels or equivalent qualification
- *Degree/diploma in Physiotherapy
- *Registered with Health and Care Professionals Council
- *Evidence of CPD including recent post-graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable
- *Evidence of leadership training
- *Fieldwork Educator's certificate or attendance at Clinical Educator Course
Experience
Essential
- *Experience of working in an Intermediate Care rehabilitation setting.
- *Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients with complex needs.
- *Post grad Experience in Medical, Older People, Trauma and Orthopaedics & Respiratory
- *Specialist knowledge across a range of practices, routine and non-routine, requiring expertise within the field of Physiotherapy relating to Community Services.
- *Previous and ongoing attendance of mandatory training
- *CPD portfolio
Desirable
- *Experience and understanding of team/service development
- *Supervision of Band 5 staff, students and assistants
- *Clinical experience within Community Therapy Services including admission prevention service
- *Previous and ongoing attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist clinical work
- *Evidence of attendance at and delivery of in-service training
- *Evidence of active involvement in clinical audit / Research & Development activity
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Excellent written and verbal communication skills including an ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *An ability to cope with a range of complex options, find solutions, analyse, compare and decide on an appropriate course of action
- *An ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
- *Demonstrate enthusiasm for the specialist area and the profession
- *Demonstrate a professional attitude
- *An ability to prioritise and organise own workload
- *An ability to cope with moving/manoeuvring patients/equipment on a daily basis
- *An ability to frequently concentrate on complex patient assessments and treatments
- *To be able to work following the PPE measures in place
- *An ability to cope with occasional exposure to distressing/emotional situations
- *Be able to work within the requirements of the 7-day working scheme which will include extended hours and weekend working
- *Possess a full category B car driving licence preferably clean or with no more than a maximum of 3 points.
- *Willingness to travel between different bases/sites across Solihull and Birmingham.
- *Business insurance for a car/Vehicle.
- *Able to attend a face to face interview.
Desirable
- *Highly developed physical skills including dexterity, co-ordination & sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
