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Wheelchair Therapist - Band 6 

£40,701 - £48,054 Inc HCAS Per annum pro rata

Fixed term: 8 months

Full, Part-time & Job sharing hours are considered 

Bromley Wheelchair Service is looking for a Band 6 Therapist to join the team to cover maternity leave from August 2024-March 2025. You will need to be a registered Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist with experience of working with children or adults with physical disabilities in community or acute settings.

This exciting opportunity is open to internal staff and would enable anyone with a keen interest in seating and posture, and musculoskeletal or neurological conditions.

The role will be based at the new Ruxley Wheelchair Site co-located with Inspire Community Trust. Wheelchair Clinics are run from this site where access to wheelchairs and accessories has the benefit of quick provision and adaptations when needed. Visits to patients own homes, care homes and school clinics may also be included with this role. 

You will receive comprehensive training, support and supervision from the experienced and skilled clinicians, engineers and administrators within the team.

Main duties of the job

The wheelchair service provides clinically based assessment and prescription of wheelchairs, specialist buggies, pressure cushions, wheelchair accessories and special seating to clients with a physical disability lasting more than six months and who have a Bromley GP. The Wheelchair Service also provides a maintenance and repairs service, currently provided by a contractor.

Key aspects of the wheelchair therapy role include:

To act as a Senior Therapist within the Wheelchair Service with responsibility for the provision of therapy services to patients in a range of domiciliary and residential settings, and assessments for wheelchairs and seating in clinics and the home environment.

To undertake assessments of a wide range of complex patients. To use clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based practice. To formulate and implement intervention plans and to facilitate patients to manage their own health and wellbeing.

To be responsible for enabling the patient to achieve and maintain a level of
independent functioning in order to remain at home or in the most appropriate alternative community setting.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary Wheelchair Service Team in a variety of settings, assessing, planning and prescribing wheelchairs and posture management systems for clients of all ages with a variety of clinical conditions.

Be responsible for the day to day management and clinical supervision of junior staff and therapy students including appraisal.

Working for our organisation

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults. Being born from

NHS Bromley’s community provider unit we have been providing community services to the people of Bromley for many years and we have a wealth of experience.

Bromley Healthcare is a great place to work. The unique way we deliver services and offer everyone who works here a voice, means that your career with us will be rewarding.

Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS (such as excellent training and development) with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.

Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.

Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.