Job Overview Are you a motivated and compassionate Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career? Heathlands Care Home is seeking a proactive Senior Physiotherapist to join our dynamic community rehabilitation team, supporting patients to achieve meaningful recovery, independence and improved quality of life. About The Role As a Senior Physiotherapist at Heathlands, you will undertake holistic and comprehensive physiotherapy assessments and deliver individualised treatment plans for patients within a community rehabilitation setting. Your expert clinical skills will contribute to high-quality, patient-centred care, ensuring safe and effective rehabilitation pathways. You will work collaboratively as part of a skilled interdisciplinary team, supporting excellent day-to-day service provision and contributing to continuous service development. Main duties of the job To provide holistic PT assessment, goal setting, individualised treatment programmes, care planning/delivery, evaluation, and discharge of patients To provide comprehensive environmental and functional assessments and treatment programmes as required ensuring the progression of the patient to their optimal level. To provide comprehensive manual handling assessment and care plans for inpatient staff to follow, ensuring effective and safe manual handling on the ward. To identify, assess and manage risk. Where appropriate to take responsibility for the application of new skills to rehabilitation programmes. To provide line management and supervision to junior staff and students as appropriate. To maintain excellent clinical practice through the CPD process, and taking part in relevant research, audit and development activity as directed. To work closely and jointly at times with Occupational Therapy and Nursing colleagues to ensure a holistic and effective care plan is provided to the patient. To be responsible for the day-to-day management and prioritization of your caseload and be able to respond to urgent referrals and an unpredictable workload. To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations in an empathetic manner. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For more information on the main duties and responsibilities please see the attached job description. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria HCPC Registered Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy Evidence of continued CPD with varied evidence. Desirable criteria Clinical educators training. Experience Essential criteria Extensive post registration experience. Inpatient experience within physical health setting, including care of elderly, medical, orthopaedics, surgical, A&E. Experience of referring on to other agencies including the voluntary sector to continue patient’s care. Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams. Experience providing interventions for fatigue and anxiety management and cognitive impairment. Desirable criteria Experience of palliative care. Managerial/supervisory experience and/or training. Community experience. Experience of educating and training informal and formal carers. Skills and Knowledge Essential criteria Excellent communication skills. Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of client groups and progress to effective outcomes. Ability to prioritise own workload under pressure and that of multi-disciplinary junior grades, assistants & students. Working with own scope of practice and competencies and seeking support as required Desirable criteria Experience of clinical audit. Experience of appraisal, & recruitment processes. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities. Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first. We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services. We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations. Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care. Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together. Apply online now