Senior Physiotherapist
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Didcot |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75718094 |
Summary
Oxford Health Community Hospitals are delighted to offer the opportunity for a secondment or fixed term contract to cover maternity leave for our Band 6 physiotherapist within our award winning team.
If you are passionate about working in an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation setting, where our goal is to enhance our patient's quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.
We would love to hear from any experienced Physiotherapists who have the compassion, skills and knowledge to help us assess our
patient's and deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve health and well being and return to
independence.
We're a supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual,
safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.
We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service. This role is based at our Didcot Community Hospital Site but there is also potential to be work in Wallingford Hospital Team to aid cross site cover.
This role includes providing specialist rehabilitation to patients with a varied range of health conditions including frailty, MSK, neuro, amputees and orthopaedics.
Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act
2010 where required.
Band 6 physiotherapist providing inpatient rehabilitation to 15 bedded unit for patients who have a range of physical disabilities. Caseload comprises of mainly frail elderly with some neuro rehabilitation and mental health issues.
Member of small therapy team and responsible for supervision of junior staff and overseeing team in managers absence and cross site cover if required. Many duties include:
- Assessment and treatment of complex admission to inpatient rehab ward.
- Moving and handling assessments of patients.
- Physical hands-on facilitation of patients to mobilize and engage in exercises.
- Office based documentation of electronic notes, care plans, referrals, discharge meeting minutes.
- enhanced communication skills involving liaising with family members, service providers, support wider team members
Mandatory training and personal development training
Support of unqualified staff, delegation of tasks, supervision
Support of students on placements.
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Clinical Care Responsibilities may include:
• Delivery of a safe and effective rehabilitative patient care and discharge, working in partnership with colleagues in the
multidisciplinary team within the community and acute sectors, supporting the efficient use of resources across the whole system
delegating duties as appropriate.
• Participate in the hands on delivery of patient care.
• Work flexibly across localities and occasional weekends to ensure the requirements of the service contract are met.
• Be visible and accessible to patients, relatives and colleagues in order to work effectively within the team.
• Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to prioritise, assess, plan and implement patient specific Physiotherapy programmes
of care/rehabilitation, analysing patient needs and making judgements about best practice contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
• Undertake assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based
practice and professional expertise.
Determine appropriate care plans
Person specification Experience Essential criteria- Previous broad experience as a Band 5 or equivalent
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience working in NHS / Community /rehabilitation setting
- Experience supervising physiotherapy students and/or junior members of staff
- NHS experience
- Goal planning and case conference/meeting experience
- Experience presenting as part of in-service training programme
- Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent)
- Professional Registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portfolio
- CSP member
- Supervision training
- - Knowledge of relevant outcome measures
- - Ability to devise and implement appropriate treatment plans for routine and complex patient presentations
- - Knowledge of goal setting process and ability to complete independently
- - Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
- - Excellent communication skills
- - Experience in falls management
- - Skills in balance rehabilitation
- - Postural assessment and management skills
JD Band 6 PT (PDF, 288.6KB)
JOb spec (PDF, 288.6KB)
Guidance Notes for Candidates Applying for a job at OHFT (PDF, 424.6KB)
Recruiter Contact DetailsName: Claire Austen
Title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Email: claire.austen@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01865904768