Job summary
- Main area
- Community Physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 201-25-594
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hayle Community Centre
- Town
- Hayle
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum / Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapist - Penwith Home First Team (Hayle)
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We welcome applications from colleagues who are currently employed by the following organisations:
• Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
Applications from individuals outside of these organisations will not be accepted.
We have an exciting opportunity within the Homefirst and Community Rehabilitation teams, part of the Penwith Integrated Community Team. Our multidisciplinary team includes nursing, therapy, and admin staff who work closely with partners to support rehabilitation needs across the local area.
We are looking for a physiotherapist with community experience who is eager to develop their assessment, care planning, and rehabilitation skills in a dynamic, supportive, and research-active environment. You'll take the lead in assessing patients, setting goals, and supporting reablement across a varied caseload, primarily involving older adults.
We offer a supportive working culture, structured training, regular supervision, and professional development. The team is based in Hayle and Penzance and covers East and West Penwith PCN and the Isles of Scilly.
Up to 75 hours are available—we welcome applications from those seeking full or part-time roles. The service operates 8am–6pm, 7 days a week, including some weekends and bank holidays, so flexibility is essential.
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We would welcome applications from return to practice candidates.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be able to a triage referrals to identify need and urgency, assess and provide highly specialist evidence based treatment plans for adults within the catchment area, either in their own homes or care homes.
To work alongside the wider multidisciplinary teams within the community which includes partner agencies, liaising with the community and acute hospitals, Adult Social Care and the Voluntary Services
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
- Substantial post registration clinical experience in a similar role
- Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of managing the risks associated with working in a lone working environment
- Evidence of appropriate postgraduate courses and CPD to support practice, to degree equivalent level
- A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings
Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Confident and competent leadership with the ability to work in diverse and complex situations
- Ability to make clinical risk-management decisions in lone-working situations
- Awareness of safeguarding policies and procedures
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical skills
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills that will enable to post holder to work effectively across boundaries and in a variety of settings.
- Imparting bad news to patients and their families/carers; demonstrating the ability to communicate in a form and manner that is consistent with the level of understanding, culture, background and preferred communication method of each individual
- Clear understanding of clinical effectiveness and the need to provide evidence based care
- IT literate
Desirable criteria
- Teaching, Assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment for staff and students
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
- Melanie Faulkner
- Job title
- Homefirst and Community Rehabilitation Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01736 758524
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.
Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the gov.uk website to see if you're eligible before applying.
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