Senior Physiotherapist - Portsmouth Rehab and Reablement Team (PRRT)

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge in a community setting? Are you a quick thinking, problem solving physiotherapist and ready for a static post in a dynamic multidisciplinary team?

This post could be what you are looking for!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join Portsmouth Rehabilitation and Reablement Team (PRRT). We are a vibrant, welcoming team with patient care at our core

You will work as part of an integrated health and social care team to provide a holistic assessment of patients' immediate and longer term needs as well as physiotherapy intervention to enable rehabilitation and reablement goals to be achieved.

As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service / quality improvement and develop leadership skills as well as supervising rotational Physiotherapist, Therapy assistants and engage in student placement education.

Clinical support and supervision will be provided by a Band 7 Physiotherapist as well as being supported by a large friendly department who continually strive for service improvement & the best possible outcomes for patients.

Main duties of the job

*The postholder will work as a band 6 registered professional managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions. They will formulate and deliver a generic and specialised treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills

*To meet the needs of patients and their families to achieve improved health outcomes and promote health and wellbeing while demonstrating care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. Care is based on comprehensive assessment, ensures continuity and is patient/client centred, culturally sensitive and evidence-based and which promotes independence.

*Responsible for co-ordinating the work of the team, influencing clinical decisions and monitoring the quality of patient care provided through utilising and maintaining expert clinical knowledge relevant to own field of practice, underpinned by theory and expertise.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service working without direct supervision.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Participate in CPD and other departmental activities.

Supervise assistants / technicians and students.

Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams' practice within the department.

Commitment to out of hours sessions, a seven-day working rota and shift patterns between 08:00 and 20:00 as required.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.