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Band 6 Physiotherapist - Wandsworth.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Community therapy service. Maximising Independence is a rehabilitation and reablement service comprising occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, support workers and administrators. It provides urgent and routine pathways to adults over 18 years of age, working with them to regain their independence following illness or injury, supporting them to manage long term conditions and promoting health and wellbeing.

We are looking for team players with a positive attitude and commitment to providing excellent holistic care and interventions.

Key responsibilities include: -

• To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for people referred and will be required to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary care team
• The clinical caseload will comprise of adult clients with physical and cognitive difficulties within the community, including care homes.
• To supervise and line manage junior colleagues and assistants
• To collaborate with colleagues across own and other community teams, acute teams, GPs, social services and voluntary sector to optimise patients’ journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes.
• To assist in the overall development and management of physiotherapy and community rehab services, and in the development of integrated pathways.

A commitment to personal and service development is essential.

TheMaximising Independenceteam aims to provide a high quality, responsive rehabilitation service helping adults aged from 16 years+ to regain their independence following illness or injury, to support them with their long term conditions and to promote health and wellbeing.

The team comprises of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Rehab Assistants and Admin Assistants. Maximising Independence is one of the teams that makes up the Community Adult Health Services provided for Wandsworth by CLCH.

The team is based at Battersea Studios in Wandsworth and offers home based or community based location sessions to patients in the Wandsworth locality.

Patients may be referred by GPs, consultants, other professionals and agencies within the community or by themselves or their carers. The team will provide a holistic assessment and work in collaboration with locality colleagues, other agencies and the patient’s carer where appropriate, to support patient in regaining or maintaining their independence at home.

Packages of rehabilitation are delivered to patients in their own homes with a view to assisting individuals to improve / maintain / regain their independence and wellbeing, to facilitating patients in the self-management of any long term conditions and to support palliative / end of life care as required and prevent hospital admission.

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
• Support with gaining your driving license *T&C’s apply
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

• To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for people referred and will be required to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary care team
• The clinical caseload will comprise of adult patients with physical and cognitive difficulties within the community
• To supervise junior colleagues and assistants
• To collaborate with colleagues across own and other community teams, acute teams, GPs, social services and voluntary sector to optimise patients’ journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes.
• To assist in the overall development and management of physiotherapy and community rehab services, and in the development of integrated pathways.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification