Job Description

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Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist :

D2A and CR-STAT



Join our dynamic, integrated team in Greenwich and make a real impact supporting patients across Discharge to Assess (D2A) Units , the D2A pathway , and in the community (CR-STAT team) . Help people regain independence and stay safely at home.



Deliver rehab in D2A units and community settings



Support safe discharges in collaboration with the MDT



Provide specialist physiotherapy across a varied caseload



Conduct home visits across the borough



Work autonomously within a supportive team



Align care with the Trust's community healthcare goals

What we're looking for:

HCPC-registered Physiotherapist



Experience or interest in community rehab/discharge planning



Confident, collaborative, and patient-focused

What we offer:

Diverse caseload and working environments



Supportive, innovative MDT



Ongoing CPD, supervision, and Trust benefits



The successful post-holder will work across 2 D2A units in Greenwich and CR-STAT team alongside a team of Multi disciplinary professionals and Maintain own Client caseload.



Undertake client assessment using standardised assessment tools and/or the single assessment process.

Undertake holistic assessments and standardised falls assessment tools in order to develop a multidisciplinary care plan

To work with the wider multidisciplinary team to devise a holistic care plan and ensure that all health and social needs are met in order to reduce any risks and maintain independence

Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety

To provide physiotherapy assessment as an autonomous and lone practitioner to clients, utilising effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence based practice to develop individual care plans

Maintain effective multidisciplinary communications in order to ensure that treatment goals are met and a high quality service is provided to clients

Ensure safe, appropriate and effective provision, installation and demonstration of equipment and further develop knowledge of minor/major adaptation provision and non-stock equipment availability and use.

Contribute to meeting performance targets for the organisation.



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and support more junior staff to do likewise.

To undertake physiotherapist's assessments in the Discharge to assess unit as well as in clients' homes, in clinics and care homes as required.

Able to assess and treat a variety of conditions. eg orthopaedic surgery, mobility problems, equipment needs, falls and other common pathologies

To compare and utilise appropriate treatment form a range of options to develop, implement and re-assess physiotherapy care plans an on-going basis

To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments in the assessment of community clients often in the presence of incomplete or conflicting referral information to form accurate analyses and diagnoses

To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients care plans and objectives against outcome measures in order to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals

To seek guidance from more experienced physiotherapy colleagues regarding the treatment and management of clients with complex presentations

To provide advice and education to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence

To provide falls prevention/healthy living advice to staff and clients as required this includes care homes, intermediate care units and health promotion events

To be responsible for obtaining client and/or carer consent prior to physiotherapy intervention in accordance with professional guidelines

To ensure management of clinical risk within own caseload

Exhibit developed manual handling knowledge and skills

Clinical prioritisation of own caseload

To communicate effectively, with empathy and reassurance with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure an understanding of conditions.

Delegation and monitoring of clinical tasks to Therapy Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Assistants