Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 150-KB1785-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 3rd Floor Southfield House
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The postholder will work as a band 6 registered professional managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions in the community setting. They will deliver a specialised treatment programme based on evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills.
They will be involved in the support and supervision of staff across bands 2-5 and will act as a clinical educator for undergraduate students within own professional area.
The post-holder will take on an audit and evaluation role of the service in which they work. They will assist the team with service development initiatives, including implementation of competency frameworks.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high standard of physiotherapy to patients in the community setting, providing equipment and specialist advice, working closely with carers, relatives and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
To review and reflect on own practice through regular participation in clinical supervision , an annual appraisal and to provide clinical supervision for other staff.
To support with the training and development of the other members of the team and students as required.
To participate in service development, service audit and outcome measurement to ensure that quality is maintained.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
4. Main tasks
A job plan will be created by your line manager in line with the service blueprint and discussed with you. It will be reviewed annually at your PDR and updated as required. The main tasks you will spend your time doing are:
a) To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of care, social and rehabilitative support in the unit, department or in the community.
b) To plan therapy, social and rehabilitative pathways taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient and assist in evaluating the outcomes.
c) To report and document variances in a patient’s condition or planned pathway of care.
d) To offer advice and support and education on healthcare to both patients and carers.
e) To take referrals for all services using the criteria specified in their operational policies.
f) To undertake a holistic assessment of all the patients’ needs and understand the routes for escalating issues that are not directly resolved by own professional practice.
g) Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using specific clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills.
h) To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required.
i) Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
j) To manage clinical risk within own patient case load and recognise potential risks to others, complying at all times with the requirements of health and safety regulations.
k) Work in line with the SCFT lone worker policy where lone working is integral to the role.
l) To be responsible for maintaining personal accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in accordance with SCFT Information Governance and professional bodies.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality
Desirable criteria
- Training in student education
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range
- Experience of working within a relevant specialist area
- Experience of interdisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students
- Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
- Experience at contributing to audit and evaluation within a clinical governance framework
- Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
Skills and Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Car driver (unless under Equality Act)
- Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Henson
- Job title
- Team lead Community Therapy Team South
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557205752
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