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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the falls assessment and education service as a falls physiotherapist.

If you are established Band 6 seeking a challenge within the falls service or an experienced Band 5 Physiotherapist looking to progress your career, then we would love to hear from you.  The role would involve working as a Band 6 Falls Physiotherapist, predominantly in clinic settings, independently managing a clinical caseload and participating as a proactive team member in the Falls Assessment and Education Service. 

Main duties of the job

·       To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner; to work alone with access to guidance from highly specialised Physiotherapists within the service.

·       To be professionally and legally accountable for a designated patient caseload and to decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.

·       To triage incoming referrals, by seeking and assimilating additional information, and act upon the most appropriate response utilising a wide range of onward pathways.

·       To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload, often requiring complex decision making and putting in place an appropriate management plan. You will be required to liaise with other services which may require negotiation to ensure the best possible outcome.

Please note this is a countywide  role and therefore a valid Driving Licence and a vehicle insured for Business Use is essential. 

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.