Senior Community Physiotherapist

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people's own homes and in a range of other locations across the county. We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking 'what matters to you'. We're passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust. Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description. It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .,

• Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a dedicated and motivated Physiotherapist to become part of a dynamic and established Integrated Community Team (ICT) within the Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury, Newent & Staunton locality. The ICTs consist of Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Reablement who work closely with our co-located Adult Social Care colleagues. We have a role of 30 hours per week to join our fantastic physiotherapy team as a secondment opportunity or fixed-term contract ending 31/12/2025. The post will cover Physiotherapy as part of the Home First & Reablement Team across Forest and Tewkesbury bases. We work in partnership with GPs, community hospitals, mental health services and voluntary organisations to enable people to live as independently as possible at home. The ethos of the team is focused around delivering person-centred rehabilitation at home, promoting independence and self management., This is a multifaceted role with a varied caseload incorporating both urgent and routine patients. The post holder will also be responsible for the delegation of work to other members of the Home First & Reablement team within the ICT, as well as holding a caseload. This is an ideal opportunity for a Band 5 therapist wanting a development opportunity or a Band 6 looking for a new challenge who would like to work in new ways across one of the rural communities of Gloucestershire. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner; to work alone with access to guidance from highly specialised Physiotherapists within the trust. To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands. To triage incoming referrals, deciding on urgency, and either delegate appropriately or provide the relevant urgent response within a timely manner. To supervise, train, advise, support and manage physiotherapists, physiotherapy technicians/assistants, reablement workers, students and community care workers' performance who report to the post-holder. To be responsible for the operational management of the team that reports to the post-holder; coordinating, allocating and organising the work of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that: + 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; + 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; + 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; + 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer: + Free car parking at many of our sites + 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service + A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification. + A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. + Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours + Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities + Recognition and long service awards + Fast Track physiotherapy + Our Wellbeing line + Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application. For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.