Community Physiotherapist - Band 6

Job summary

Band 6 Physiotherapist post 30 hours per week over 4 days

Are you a registered Physiotherapist with a passion for delivering exceptional community based therapy and want to be part of a forward thinking team? Do you want to play a key role to support patients to improve their quality of life and optimise their functions?

If the answer is yes we have the job just for you.

We are a dynamic service providing patient-centered rehabilitation to residents of Coventry; age 18 and over. Clinical case load is varied and challenging including; neurological, musculoskeletal, falls, respiratory, multi pathology, complex physical needs; including long term conditions and chronic pain.

You will be able to illustrate and reflect upon complex patient management and demonstrate sound clinical reasoning. You will be able to prioritise your workload and time effectively to support appropriate caseload management and delegation.

You will join our dynamic team of therapists who strive towards supporting holistic recovery and regaining independence supporting admission prevention, hospital discharge and supporting patients within the community.

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Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

To be an integral part of the Community Physiotherapy Service

To provide evidenced based specialist Physiotherapy Assessments assessment and appropriate physiotherapy intervention to patients referred to the service

To liaise closely with members of the wider multidisciplinary team as required, facilitating effective caseload management

To have a general knowledge of a variety of conditions including; neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, care of the elderly, respiratory and falls

To utilise a comprehensive range of evidenced based specialist assessments and treatment to patients in their own home or in a clinic environment

To assist in the quality and activity monitoring systems, to support evaluation of effectiveness of the service

To assist in the maintenance and development of the Community Physiotherapy and Community Physiotherapy Falls Service

About us

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.