Band 6 Physiotherapist / Occupational Therapist- Community

Are you a band 5 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist looking to develop your career further? Or a band 6 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist who has considered a role in the community? This could the opportunity you have been waiting for!

Solihull Community Therapy Team provide rehabilitation services for patients being discharged from acute hospitals, as well as receiving referrals from GPs and other secondary care facilities for patients within the community who have therapy goals to achieve. The role will also include elements of triage and rapid response cover.

Please note applicants will require their own vehicle and must hold a valid UK driver's licence, The successful candidate will work as part of a well-established and respected therapy team. The Solihull Community Therapy Team has interdisciplinary ways of working to facilitate early supported discharges from the acute setting, admission avoidance and routine therapy. You will be expected to work in a person-centred manner in order to achieve positive patient and service outcomes.

We are committed to continued professional and career development of all staff.

The Trust is committed to providing a 7 day therapy service. This role includes participation in a weekend cover rota, and physiotherapists will be expected to participate in the respiratory oncall rota.

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.