JOB OVERVIEW

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our well established team. The post holder will be working as part of the Maximising Independence Service and closely with the other community services in Sutton Health and Care, acute hospital as well as the London Borough of Sutton and voluntary services in Sutton. Maximising Independence Service is therapy-led multidisciplinary service with pathways including Falls prevention, frailty and Domiciliary Physiotherapy.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience of carrying out audit
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

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.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The main duties of the job are to deliver physiotherapy services within the community services. There may be future opportunities for rotations with the acute hospital or other community teams. To provide a comprehensive and co-ordinated range of physiotherapy and preventative services which maintain or improve people’s health, independence and quality of life. To consolidate and further develop skills and knowledge learned through the Physiotherapy course. To assess and implement treatment programmes as an autonomous practitioner, maintaining associated clinical records. To work unsupervised, reporting back and receiving guidance and teaching from the senior physiotherapist on a regular basis each week. To supervise and support rehabilitation assistants, assistant practitioners and students.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

See job description and service specification document for full description of responsibilities attached to this role.