Overview
Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist: D2A and CR-STAT
Join our dynamic, integrated team in Greenwich and make a real impact supporting patients across Discharge to Assess (D2A) Units, the D2A pathway, and in the community (CR-STAT team). Help people regain independence and stay safely at home.
Responsibilities
* Deliver rehab in D2A units and community settings
* Support safe discharges in collaboration with the MDT
* Provide specialist physiotherapy across a varied caseload
* Conduct home visits across the borough
* Work autonomously within a supportive team
* Align care with the Trust’s community healthcare goals
* Undertake client assessment using standardised assessment tools and/or the single assessment process
* Undertake holistic assessments and standardised falls assessment tools to develop a multidisciplinary care plan
* Collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team to devise a holistic care plan and meet health and social needs to reduce risks and maintain independence
* Recommend appropriate interventions to promote independence and safety
* Provide physiotherapy assessment as an autonomous practitioner to clients, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice
* Maintain effective multidisciplinary communications to ensure treatment goals are met and high-quality service is provided
* Ensure safe, appropriate, and effective provision, installation and demonstration of equipment; develop knowledge of adaptation provision and equipment availability
* Contribute to meeting performance targets for the organisation
* Communicate effectively with empathy and reassurance to maximize understanding of conditions
* Delegate and monitor clinical tasks to Therapy Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Assistants
What we’re looking for
* HCPC-registered Physiotherapist
* Experience or interest in community rehab/discharge planning
* Confident, collaborative, and patient-focused
What we offer
* Diverse caseload and working environments
* Supportive, innovative MDT
* Ongoing CPD, supervision, and Trust benefits
Sponsorship information
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
About Oxleas and team
The successful post-holder will work across 2 D2A units in Greenwich and CR-STAT team alongside a multidisciplinary team, maintaining their own client caseload.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environments, including district nursing, speech and language therapy, and care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care. Our 4,300 staff work across hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, care homes, and people’s homes, in partnership with other NHS services and local authorities.
Our purpose and values
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. Our values are: We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care.
Professional responsibilities
* To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care
* To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and manage it efficiently with regard to priorities and time
* To undertake physiotherapist assessments in the D2A unit as well as in clients’ homes, in clinics and care homes as required
* To assess and treat a variety of conditions (e.g., orthopaedic, mobility problems, equipment needs, falls, and other pathologies)
* To develop, implement, and re-assess physiotherapy care plans using a range of treatment options
* To use clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to form accurate analyses and diagnoses
* To monitor and continually re-assess care plans against outcome measures and adapt targets accordingly
* To seek guidance from more experienced colleagues for complex cases
* To provide advice and education to clients, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence
* To provide falls prevention/healthy living advice to staff and clients as required
* To obtain client and/or carer consent prior to physiotherapy intervention in line with guidelines
* To ensure management of clinical risk within own caseload
* Exhibit developed manual handling knowledge and skills
* Clinical prioritisation of own caseload
* To communicate effectively with empathy and reassurance to maximize understanding of conditions
* Delegation and monitoring of clinical tasks to Therapy Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Assistants
Advert closing date
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025
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