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    Specialist ​​​​​​​Physiotherapist - Swindon, United Kingdom - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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    Would you like to be an integral part of the service development and use your AHP specialist skills to provide excellent patient care in Swindon Community Services?


    A background of acute medical and respiratory care would be highly valued within this integrated Urgent Community Response (UCR) and service.


    Your desire should be to develop your skills in rapid assessment promoting health, well-being and independence within intermediate care across seven days.

    We champion interagency collaboration and work closely with Acute Hospital Services, Community, Adult Social Care and the Hospice.

    You will be based within the Community Rehabilitation Team who provide UCR, HomeFirst, , reablement, discharge to assess, specialist falls and Parkinsons services.


    You will need to be a car driver and owner - independent means of travel is essential for this role.

    To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to patients/clients, carers and families in their own homes.

    Wherever possible promoting hospital admission avoidance and reduce in-patient length of stay with supported early discharge to ensure that patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.

    Lead in the assessment, diagnosis and formulation of physiotherapy treatment plans for NHS@ Home patients.

    Use specialist skills to screen and prioritise referrals for home based and venue based rehabilitation services and refer to other services when necessary.

    As part of your employment with GWH we actively support and provide development opportunities to advance practice and to support your professional objectives.

    Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do.

    These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community.

    Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

    They will combine high level assessment to establish a diagnosis, initiate medical and/or nursing/therapy interventions, appropriately refer and lead the co-ordination of care from an integrated team perspective, working with partner agencies and key stake holders.


    Provide individualised care plan for all patients, so that their condition remains as stable as possible and, where appropriate, hospital admission is prevented and patient remains within their own home as to their wishes.


    To provide clinical therapy leadership to the Community Teams and thereby support the wider community including Primary Care, Social Care, and all other provider organisations to deliver high standards of care to patients.

    This will be the avoidance of unnecessary admission to secondary care and the supporting of patients discharged from hospital bed based care.


    To provide education and training for practitioners, and within integrated community teams, to help develop a competent and confident workforce to support patients.

    Qualified to Masters level in relevant discipline or equivalent training and experience or working towards
    Demonstrate evidence of on-going continuous professional development
    Experience of working with patients who have a long term condition including frailty.

    Further qualifications relevant to long term condition management.
    To be knowledgeable of the clinical governance agenda and have an awareness of commissioning
    Post graduate qualification
    Setting and monitoring standards of care
    Community services experience

    Profiling community needs and targeting identified health needs of population
    Evidence of innovative and flexible approach to care and the organisation of care
    Competence in a wide range of therapy skills.
    Undertake specific therapy tasks requiring precision and/or intense concentration. Undertaking complex therapy skills.
    To be flexible and adaptable

    Report writing
    Further training in managing complex situations.

    Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


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