RRIC Community Practitioner - Physiotherapist

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

The closing date is 23 March 2025

Job summary

Mission RRIC: join our team

Our innovative Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire - and we need you to join our Buckingham Team working across Intermediate Care and Community Physiotherapy.

Watch our RRIC team talk about their roles - and why you should join them: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/rric

Your mission: To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.
Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You will also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.
Your role: Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.
Who are we? We are part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including two Urgent Community Response Squads. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.
Who are you? If you are committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery and thrive as part of a team - choose #MissionRRIC today.

Main duties of the job

#Mission RRIC

Your main duties include:

Providing triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers
Being responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeys
Allocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team
Working with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.Support the development of clinical pathways
Working across Intermediate care and Community Physiotherapy pathways

About us

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Date posted

07 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

434-CR6902210-B

Job locations

Buckingham Hospital

High Street

Buckingham

MK18 1NU

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Valid and current UK driving licence and car with business insurance to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist
Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy
Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Demonstrate experience post registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

Experience of electronic clinical systems
Experience participating in research or audit project.
Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
Experience of working with single assessment process.
Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
Ability to motivate staff
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Presentation skills
Self-Awareness

Desirable

Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
Ability to manage complex cases
Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues

Person Specification

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Essential

Valid and current UK driving licence and car with business insurance to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist
Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy
Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development.
Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life

EXPERIENCE

Essential

Demonstrate experience post registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists:- Care of Elderly Orthopaedics Neurology Respiratory Palliative Care Long term conditions
In depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

Experience of electronic clinical systems
Experience participating in research or audit project.
Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants
Experience of working with single assessment process.
Experience of working in an NHS community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
Ability to motivate staff
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Presentation skills
Self-Awareness

Desirable

Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
Ability to manage complex cases
Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.