Job Overview
Are you a dynamic and compassionate Physiotherapist looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to patients in crisis?We have received significant investment to expand our Urgent Community Response (UCR) service and are now recruiting a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our dedicated multidisciplinary team.
About The Service
The UCR team provides rapid assessment and intervention to patients in the community who are experiencing an acute health or functional crisis — helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting people to remain safe and independent in their own homes.
Referrals are received from
999, 111, GPs, and other community services
, and the team responds to all referrals
within 2 hours
. As a UCR Physiotherapist, you will play a key role in delivering urgent therapy interventions.
The service operates 8am-8pm 7 days a week. Shift patterns could include a variety of either earlies (8-4), lates or long days (8-8).
You must have a current, valid driver's license with a vehicle for work purposes with business insurance. The service also has the option of driving a small van for work purposes to enable efficiency of service delivery.
Join us and be part of a forward-thinking service that's at the heart of our community response — helping patients stay safe, supported, and independent where they most want to be:
at home
.
Main duties of the job
* Provide rapid response within 2 hours to patients at risk of hospital admission, supporting early intervention and preventing unnecessary admissions.
* Undertake comprehensive assessments of acutely unwell patients, often acting as the primary clinician in lieu of GP or Paramedic input.
* Deliver holistic therapy interventions to ensure the patient's immediate safety, functional ability, and wellbeing within their home environment.
* Manage complex manual handling situations, ensuring patient safety and adherence to moving and handling best practice.
* Work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, collaborating closely with medical, nursing, and emergency services to deliver coordinated care.
* Signpost and refer patients for ongoing therapy, community support, and preventative services to promote recovery and reduce future risk of admission.
* Contribute to service development and quality improvement.
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.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* To undertake comprehensive holistic assessments for individuals presenting with an acute crisis in their own homes due to deterioration in their health and wellbeing, to reduce or avoid hospital admission.
* To formulate individual treatment plans for patients with complex physical and social needs to ensure immediate patient safety in their own homes.
* To work autonomously in a crisis situation and manage clinical risk associated with this.
* To provide a safe and specialist alternative to conveyance to hospital within two hours of referral.
* To complete onward referrals to specialist teams as appropriate for longer term maintenance and prevention.
For more information please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* HCPC registered
* Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of continued CPD with varied evidence
Desirable criteria
* Clinical educator
Experience
Essential criteria
* Relevant post registration experience
* Experience of rapid response and admission avoidance in the community
* MDT working, including with external agencies
* Relevant specialist/clinical experience and competence
* Experience in carrying out clinical audit and risk assessment
* Experience of referring on to other agencies including the voluntary sector to continue patient's care
Desirable criteria
* Managerial/supervisory experience and/or training
Skills
Essential criteria
* Demonstrate understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
* Ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the rehabilitation needs of client groups and progress to effective outcomes.
* Analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions
* Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with other health and social care professionals, patients, carers and the public
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong IT Skills – including excel and power-point
* Good Presentation skills / public speaking
* Ability to work autonomously without supervision
* Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
* Ability to adapt to the demands of a constantly changing environment
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
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.
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