Band 6 Physiotherapist

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our well-developed, long-standing Community Therapy service. The service offers an urgent community response to ensure patients can be supported to stay at home to avoid hospital admission, as well as support those returning home from a hospital setting for ongoing rehabilitation to meet their full potential in their own environment. Alongside our Urgent Community Response offer we also offer community therapy to those patients with non-urgent routine therapy needs as well as therapy input into High dependency Discharge to assess beds (D2A) for patient who may have cognitive impairment, known delirium or a non-acute mental health diagnosis that require 24 hour care and 1:1 support, to provide recovery, reablement and rehabilitation, with an aim for discharge home and determine long term care needs. Successful candidates with be expected to work autonomously providing assessment and treatment/rehabilitation in peoples own homes. We work closely with our other MDT colleagues, holding daily MDTs to support our patients in a collaborative way. Applicants must hold a valid UK driving license, always have access to a vehicle for work purposes on duty and confident to drive in all driving conditions for this community post. There may also be other opportunities for posts across, Leicestershire, and Rutland. Contact Details: Stacey Wyles Email : stacey.wyles@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

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About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Merlyn Vaz Health Centre

1 Spinney Hill Road

Leicester

LEICESTERSHIRE

LE5 3GH

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Merlyn Vaz Health Centre

1 Spinney Hill Road

Leicester

LEICESTERSHIRE

LE5 3GH

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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