Rotational Community Physiotherapist | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust | Chichester | findajob.dwp.gov.uk |
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Band 5 Physiotherapy Rotation at Sussex Community Foundation Trust.

If you’re an ambitious, proactive Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportive team, using your skills to provide excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you. Our aim is to maximise opportunities for the people living in our communities to be as independent as possible in what matters to them, living full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and the workplace.

The rotation will begin in the Community Therapy Team to work in the service delivering the aim above via holistic, personalised, therapeutic care. You will work as part of well-established wider Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) across our local communities, where you will provide support across both proactive community rehabilitation and urgent care pathways.
Our teams work flexibly to provide a seven-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm
 •  Provide specialist, holistic assessments, and reviews to improve or maintain quality of life.
 •  Support individuals to take increased ownership and control over their health through rehabilitation interventions, personalised care planning and goal setting.
 •  Provide an urgent response to minimise crisis situations and the need for emergency interventions or hospital admissions.
 •  Improve access to existing services through a coordinated MDT approach.

In this role you will work with patients with a variety of conditions within their homes. You will provide clinical assessment and will plan their treatment and intervention, identifying ongoing needs and appropriately referring to other services within the area.
You will be a valued and supported member of the team, contributing to team decisions, and will be supported with your development, including partaking in regular in-service training.

If you are new to Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, you will be given the opportunity our preceptorship programme, through protected time and regular clinical supervision with dedicated registered professional support.

You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence due to the geographic area covered by the team.

Our Trust and leadership teams are committed to supporting your work/life balance via flexible working and tailored support to help you advance your clinical practice and leadership skills in style that suits you, your health and wellbeing and your future career aspirations.
This is an ideal opportunity to bring your skills and develop them in a flexible, supportive, and positive community service.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?
 •  Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
 •  Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
 •  Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
 •  Excellent training and development opportunities
 •  Research opportunities
 •  Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
 •  Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
 •  Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
 •  Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
 •  Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
 •  Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification.

If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Kate Woods 07747717175

We welcome applications from candidates who are close to graduation, or awaiting confirmation of HCPC registration post-graduation

This advert closes on Monday 29 Apr 2024
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