Job summary
Join Our Team as a Band 5 Physiotherapist!
If you are an ambitious, proactive Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportive Trust, using your skills to provide excellent community care, we'd love to hear from you.
Here at SCFT our aim is to maximise opportunities for the people living in our communities to be as independent as possible in 'what matters to them'. Our Physiotherapy teams support people to live full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and workplace.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join team at Horsham Hospital Intermediate care unit. We are seeking candidates with excellent interpersonal and communication skills who are eager to grow and make a difference. You will have a supervised caseload and a programme of continuing professional development to assist in your progression.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:
- Provide high-quality, individualized, evidence-based care to all patients.
- Ensure confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of patients at all times.
- Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) to adapt and grow.
- Operate effectively within a team, contributing to team decisions.
- Oversee your own caseload, prioritizing tasks accordingly.
- Educate patients, carers, and peers.
- Maintain accurate records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards.
- Utilize flexible problem-solving skills and outcome measures to demonstrate the effectiveness of your interventions.
You will be supported by Band 7 and Band 6 colleagues and benefit from a comprehensive range of in-service training to meet your learning needs.
If this is your first Band 5 post since graduating, you will be invited to take part in our structured preceptorship programme which aims:
o To successfully help new starters integrate into their new roleo To build confidence and competenceo To help you settle in to your new career with SCFTo To facilitate your journey to a fully autonomous practitioner.
The programme will include a variety of trainings, watched assessments, and opportunities to network and learn throughout your first year in employment.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
a) To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of therapeutic, social and rehabilitative support in the unit,department or in the community.
b) To work within the conditions of a Rotation if required.
c) To provide assessments that appropriately inform therapy, social andrehabilitative pathways taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient and assist in evaluating the outcomes.
d) To undertake a holistic assessment of all the patients needs and understand the routes for escalating issues that are not directly resolved by own profession.
e) Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using specific clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills.
f) To report and document variances in a patients condition or planned pathwayof care.
Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification. Please review these closely before applying.
Job description
Job responsibilities
a) To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of therapeutic, social and rehabilitative support in the unit,department or in the community.
b) To work within the conditions of a Rotation if required.
c) To provide assessments that appropriately inform therapy, social andrehabilitative pathways taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient and assist in evaluating the outcomes.
d) To undertake a holistic assessment of all the patients needs and understand the routes for escalating issues that are not directly resolved by own profession.
e) Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using specific clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills.
f) To report and document variances in a patients condition or planned pathwayof care.
Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification. Please review these closely before applying.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Essential
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist
- Evidence of ongoing education
Experience
Essential
- Relevant postgraduate or undergraduate experience in the clinical field
Skills
Essential
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Ability to plan and prioritise a caseload efficiently
- Ability to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
Desirable
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Ability to travel
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Registration
Essential
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist
- Evidence of ongoing education
Experience
Essential
- Relevant postgraduate or undergraduate experience in the clinical field
Skills
Essential
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Ability to plan and prioritise a caseload efficiently
- Ability to demonstrate the application of research based practice
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
Desirable
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Ability to travel
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
