Band 6 Community Therapist (Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist)

To provide a high standard Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapist service within the Solihull Community Therapy Team and Specialist Community Falls team.

To provide rehabilitation to our patients; promoting recovery, reducing risk of admission / re-admission and facilitating discharges and flow from the acute setting into the Community.

To undertake holistic multidisciplinary (multi-factorial) assessments and provide relevant falls prevention interventions with patients in their home environment with the aim to reduce patient falls and hospital admission rates.

To contribute to seven day working programmes across the organisation.

Please note applicants must hold a valid UK driver's licence and have access to a vehicle

Main duties of the job

To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support from senior staff is available if required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner and maintain associated records. This will include fulfilling duties such as the triaging 'Clinician of the Day', falls coordinator and the 'Rapid Response' therapist as per rota.

To assist with supervision, education and assessment of the performance ofstudents; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

To assist with supervision, education and co-ordination of generic therapy assistants and junior therapy staff.

Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and teams' clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.