Specialist Physiotherapist

This specialist role is based Royal London borough of Tower Hamlets and is part of the Urgent Community Response Service which consists of a team of multidisciplinary professionals that work across the community and hospital to facilitate early discharge and prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

The service uses the discharge to assess model and works closely with our social care partners, including the Reablement service and hospital social workers. This role will be part of the rotation within the UCR team to cover the Rapid Response including Falls Pick Up Service, Intermediate Care Service to support hospital discharges, and Admission Avoidance in Emergency Department at the Royal London Hospital., We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and flexible physiotherapist to join our team in working with patients across a variety of clinical areas.

Applicants must have a strong clinical skills as well as the ability to manage complex cases independently, providing a comprehensive therapy assessment and intervention, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence-base practice.

The team has an excellent working relationship with hospital staff, GPs, the extended primary care teams, Ambulance crews, the Physician Response Unit, Geriatrician, community mental health team, care home staff and other community services.

The work is varied and challenging and your role is to support the multidisciplinary team across the service as well as deputising for the team lead when required.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapists with previous experience in delivering both acute and community-based therapy assessments and intervention to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Discharge Service (AADS) in East London NHS Foundation Trust., You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who is prepared to work across a 7 day rota either within the emergency department at The Mile Hospital or within the intermediate care and rapid response pathway of the service.

If you have a broad range of clinical expertise gained working in a multidisciplinary team within the NHS, then this is an ideal role for you.

The UCR/Admission Avoidance service East London Foundation Trust at Tower Hamlets operate a seven day service, covering core hours between 7am and 7pm.