Job summary
Senior Community Physiotherapist hours per week
We are seeking an experienced Physiotherapist to join us. The North Hampshire Community Therapy Team is a friendly and supportive team of Community Therapists and Therapy assistants providing a domiciliary rehabilitation service to patients. You will develop your expertise treating a range of problems related to elderly care, falls, palliative care, orthopaedic, neurological and respiratory conditions. You will also have opportunity to develop your leadership and management skills within the team.
This post would suit an established B6 therapist or an experienced B5 with an interest in community working. Successful applicants will need to be an efficient worker, a good communicator and be confident working as an autonomous practitioner. Community experience is desirable. You will be responsible for managing your own caseload whilst working effectively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure an integrated approach to patient care - preventing unnecessary admission to hospital or long-term care, promoting functional independence and facilitating timely discharge from hospital.
For further information please contact:
Louise Halford
Or Emma Wake
Main duties of the job
*The Clinical Therapist will work across the caseload, using their clinical skills to identify the needs of patients, triage appropriately and liaise with the correct services.
*To provide specialist therapy assessment of patients. To provide appropriate patient centred treatment using evidence-based practice where-ever possible. Patients will present with acute or chronic conditions and complex multi-system pathologies e.g. neuro, respiratory conditions, orthopaedic rehabilitation, age related deterioration and palliative care.
*To provide the therapeutic treatment programme or where appropriate direct the intervention as necessary through Support Workers, or other members of the MDT.
*To facilitate safe discharge at the optimum point of care for patients, including assessing risk, ordering equipment and providing appropriate advice for patients/ carers.
*The Clinical Therapist will work under the supervision of the Clinical Team Lead receiving specific therapy clinical supervision/ development support from the appropriate leads in the district. The emphasis will be on developing assessment and clinical skills as well as developing skills that can be shared across a wider team.
*The Clinical Therapist will liaise with a wide range of clinical colleagues including but not exclusively, UCR team, District Nurses, Social Care professionals and GP's, to facilitate a patient focused, co-ordinated case management.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Details
Date posted
23 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
348-MNH-10560
Job locations
Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
Alton Community Hospital
Chawton Park Road
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 1RJ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* *Appropriate professional qualification (Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) with full HCPC registration
* *Degree level award (level 6) plus post graduate specialist training, experience, short courses to masters equivalent level.
* *Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
* *Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and report writing
* *To hold a current UK driving license with business insurance cover
Desirable
* *Further education training eg: external courses/masters degree or equivalent experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training.
* *Management/Leadership Qualification/development programme
Experience
Essential
* *Experience, underpinned by knowledge of working with and understanding the complex needs of patients in a primary care/community setting.
* *Have a broad range of clinical skills, including assessment and treatments of a variety of conditions including neuro, orthopaedic, MSK and elderly.
* *Involved in the implementation and management of change.
* *Experience of working with long-term conditions and frailty.
* *Demonstrates organisational skills: including the ability to make decisions and to prioritise.
* *Ability to understand and interpret research findings/evidence-based care and apply to practice.
* *Participation and comprehension of clinical and professional supervision.
Desirable
* *Experience of initiating or participating in quality improvement project relating to clinical practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* *Appropriate professional qualification (Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) with full HCPC registration
* *Degree level award (level 6) plus post graduate specialist training, experience, short courses to masters equivalent level.
* *Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
* *Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and report writing
* *To hold a current UK driving license with business insurance cover
Desirable
* *Further education training eg: external courses/masters degree or equivalent experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training.
* *Management/Leadership Qualification/development programme
Experience
Essential
* *Experience, underpinned by knowledge of working with and understanding the complex needs of patients in a primary care/community setting.
* *Have a broad range of clinical skills, including assessment and treatments of a variety of conditions including neuro, orthopaedic, MSK and elderly.
* *Involved in the implementation and management of change.
* *Experience of working with long-term conditions and frailty.
* *Demonstrates organisational skills: including the ability to make decisions and to prioritise.
* *Ability to understand and interpret research findings/evidence-based care and apply to practice.
* *Participation and comprehension of clinical and professional supervision.
Desirable
* *Experience of initiating or participating in quality improvement project relating to clinical practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
Employer's website
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Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Parklands House
London Road
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 4AP
Employer's website
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