Job summary
- Main area
- Community Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week (26.25 hours per week worked on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays)
- Job ref
- 839-7388226-GP
- Employer
- Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St James Clinic
- Town
- King's Lynn
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/09/2025
Employer heading
Community Physiotherapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
NCH&C is proud to be the first standalone NHS community trust in the UK to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our focus is on continually improving the quality of care we offer to local people and on improving access to that care, helping people to move seamlessly from one service to another. Praising NCH&C’s “compassionate, inclusive and effective leadership at all levels”, the CQC observed that our staff are well supported to make positive changes and innovations.
Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust is committed to continuing to create a modern and inclusive work environment. As part of this commitment we actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible, to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce to maintain and improve their wellbeing. The trust offers a range of flexibility, including flexible working patterns, and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.
We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.
Job overview
The King’s Lynn and Coastal Therapy team are currently looking for a band 6 Physiotherapist.
If you are currently a Band 5 Physiotherapist looking to expand your role or a Band 6 Physiotherapist looking to work with a supportive Community Therapy team, this may be the job for you.
If you are passionate about delivering rehabilitation to patients in the community and working in a close-knit therapy team with good multidisciplinary links, we would like to hear from you.
It is essential the post holder can prioritise their own caseload and has access to transport, to travel to patients across King’s Lynn and Coastal plus the surrounding areas. Working on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays is essential.
Main duties of the job
To contribute in the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics. By providing proactive, holistic case management and Physiotherapy Rehabilitation.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Clinical
The post holder will:
1. Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and holistic assessments of patients. To include those with a complex presentation. Through the use of investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and inform the development of a differential diagnosis.
2. Formulate and execute individualised physiotherapy management and treatment plans of patients, in collaboration with the integrated team, other agencies and the patient, utilising a range of assessment and treatment skills.
3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.
Working for our organisation
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Working in Kings Lynn is accessible from Cambridge, Lincolnshire & South Norfolk.
Find out more about working for our organisation here:
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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Professional
The post holder will:
1. Be required to undertake risk assessments and act upon them appropriately.
2. Contribute to ensuring the therapy service is adequately covered on a day to day basis.
3. Contribute to the supervision of workload within the therapy team
- Actively triage referrals being made to the therapy service, placing and managing waiting lists and signposting to other services.
5. Actively contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings and other meetings where appropriate or delegating and supporting other team members to attend
- To attend any service development meetings, deputising for Physiotherapy Clinical Lead if required
7. Support all team members within the integrated team, respecting them, their roles and contributions.
8. Attend, lead and develop in-house training and profession specific support groups, as required to develop current role.
9. Maintain own continual professional development.
10. Will be able to make own travel arrangements to patients’ homes, clinics, base and meetings etc, as required.
11. Be responsible for safe use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
12. Remain accountable for own professional actions, as determined by the professional bodies.
13. May be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and other staff.
14. Provide mentorship for students undertaking pre/post registration courses.
15. Mentor existing staff and provide training in specialist area as appropriate.
16. Provide advice/training to other staff and supervise and support band 5 and 4 staff, and students where appropriate, and contribute to the induction process for new staff/students.
17. actively promote leadership skills within the therapy team.
18. Be accountable for work delegated to others. Support B4 CAP in their roles as autonomous practitioners
Organisational
The post holder will:
19. Undertake mandatory training as required.
20. Participate in a Personal Development Review process.
21. Undertake Personal Development Plans for more relevant staff members.
22. Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.
23. Follow Trust policies, and local procedures, and use discretion in interpreting them according to the setting and circumstances.
24. Comment on draft policies.
25. Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy.
26. Contribute to clinical audit as required.
27. Complete the staff survey as required.
28. Complete risk assessments and incident forms as required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc Hons in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- • Current HCPC registration
- • Clinical educators’ course
Desirable criteria
- • Attendance on management/ leadership courses
Other
Essential criteria
- • Must hold full and valid and driving licence and have access to a vehicle
- • Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
- • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
- • Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate evidence of working at high clinical level in multiple conditions
- • Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
- • Evidence of providing management support to other staff members in team e.g supervision
- • Previous experience of working as a registered physiotherapist within the NHS
Desirable criteria
- • Areas of specific interest with evidence of advanced learning
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrate good IT and a high standard of keyboard skills
- • Highly motivated to advance clinically in a community setting
- • Ability to use own initiative in assessing, devising treatment programs and plan own work load
- • Evidence of ability to prioritise and delegate to others through clinical triage
- • Participate in supporting junior staff in furthering their learning and development
- • High levels of observational and reporting skills
- • Previous experience of undertaking clinical audits
Desirable criteria
- • Familiar with use of System One record keeping
- • Demonstrates participation and leadership in service development
Personal Attributes / Behaviours (linked to the Trust’s Behaviour Framework)
Essential criteria
- • Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
- • Positive attitude towards flexibility to meet the needs of the role
- • Ability to manage and provide support and leadership to others during stressful situations
- • A team player and leader
- • Professional appearance and professional manner
- • Be reliable and consistent
Personal and People Development
Essential criteria
- Experience in supervising staff through supervision processes
- Experience of managing staff within a team and supporting them to take ownership
- Delivering training to therapy and assistant staff
- Previous experience of supervising Physiotherapy Students
Desirable criteria
- Leadership courses
Communication
Essential criteria
- • Able to communicate effectively using the English language
- • High standards of tact & diplomacy when managing difficult situations
- • Empathy & sensitivity
- • High level of interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- • Leadership courses
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
- Lauren Ely
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766247628
- Additional information
All informal and formal enquiries welcomed.
Alternative contact: Jade Dias, Clinical Operations Manager, 07825 231542
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