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Job overview

Wolverhampton Community Rehabilitation Service is looking for a dynamic band 6 physiotherapist. You will need excellent communication and prioritisation skills with a flexible person-centred approach to join our supportive team.

This exciting opportunity involves working across the hospital to community interface, including the option of accessing a wide range of rotations supporting professional development.

Our community team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants, Senior support workers and Therapy Technicians. The service covers the Community Intermediate Care Team (CICT), Rapid Intervention Therapy (RIT), Falls Prevention and Community OT and Physiotherapy.

RIT therapy enables same day access to therapy to prevent hospital admission and involves joint working with urgent care advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, and paramedics with access to consultant support.

CICT provides short term (up to six weeks) rehabilitation and re-enablement programmes to patients in their own homes following hospital discharge, illness or injury.

This role involves working extended hours 8am to 8pm - 7-day working pattern.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle that can be used for work is essential.

Main duties of the job

To complete physiotherapy assessments to in the community preventing admission to hospital, and providing  community rehabilitation. This will include treatment planning, assessing risk, promoting and enabling independent functioning.

To provide training, supervision and advice to students, band 5 therapists, rehabilitation assistants and therapy technicians.

To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of  community therapy service, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To maintain close working relationships with other health professionals /referrers to ensure efficient, effective and appropriate delivery of the service.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.