Job summary
- Main area
- Community, Rapid Response, Admission avoidance
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Shift patterns within the hours 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR6874467-E
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chichester House High Wycombe
- Town
- High Wycombe
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata for part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Community Response Practitioner Nurse/Paramedic/PT/OT
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
Are you a registered Physiotherapist ?
Our Rapid Response & Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Urgent Community Response squads.
- Your Role : To provide expert clinical interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary squad that reacts quickly when people are in crisis. Our target response time is under 2 hours
- Your aim: To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary conveyance or hospitalisation.
- Your team : Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists and Healthcare Assistants. Urgent Response teams work closely with Intermediate Care staff to provide support to keep people at home wherever possible
- Our promise to you – we will support and invest in you to develop advanced skills relevant to the post
Disclaimer: The trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications and therefore early submission is recommended.
Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Your main duties include:
- Comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers within a 0-2 hour , 2-24 hour timeframe
- Being responsible for undertaking an urgent community response to people in their own homes to prevent hospital conveyances and keeping patient safe at home with the appropriate clinical interventions.
- 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 for our organisation
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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 working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed 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 within our BHT family improves positive 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.
Detailed job description and main 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 [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate profession specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Self-Awareness
- Ability to motivate staff
Desirable criteria
- Ability to manage complex cases
- Ability to develop and maintain partnership working
- Knowledge of legal requirement for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity
- Knowledge of modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care
- Report writing skills
- IT Skills
- Teaching patients, carers and colleagues
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate experience post or preregistration 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 criteria
- Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registration
- 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
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist Occupational Therapist
- Degree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Nursing Paramedic Science
- Relevant post graduate clinical training e.g. Advanced History Taking & Assessment Long Term Conditions Respiratory Disease Cardiac Disease Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life
- Experience of recent Continuous Professional Development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Stanley-Davies
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929046122
- Additional information
Helen Hallet, Clinical Lead
07816174032
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