Job summary
- Main area
- community rehabilitation/home first
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment end date 01.09.2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 201-25-609
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bellair Health Centre
- Town
- Penzance
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapist- Penwith Community Rehab Team (Penzance)
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
The Community Rehabilitation and Homefirst teams are part of the Penwith Integrated Community Team. The teams comprise of registered and non-registered nursing, therapy and administrative staff, working collaboratively with partner organisations within the Neighbourhood to support the intermediate and rehabilitation needs of our local population.
This position is open to physiotherapists with community experience who wish to develop assessment, care planning, reablement and rehabilitation skills whilst being part of a dynamic, research-active, progressive, integrated, multiagency team.
You'll be responsible for assessment, planning and implementation of care, and assist in the interpretation of information relevant to the patient’s condition/progress, identify problems and needs and set realistic rehabilitation goals. You need excellent organisational skills along with a wide knowledge base and experience of working in older person’s services.
We offer a well supported working environment in which to develop your clinical and interpersonal skills, a structured in-service training programme; appraisal and supervision system.
This post covers the Penwith are which spans from Hayle to Marazion and all areas to the West.
We are keen to hear from anyone considering full or part time hours. The service covers a 7 day rota which involves some weekend and bank holiday working: the successful candidates must be flexible with their working days. We cover 8am-6pm
We would welcome applications from return to practice candidates.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be able to 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
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
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 here. 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 reigstered
- 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 apptitude
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
- Integrated home first/CRT operational 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.
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