We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our multidisciplinary Intermediate Care Team based within the Christchurch and Bournemouth Locality in Dorset.
The role is to provide Physiotherapy assessments and treatment to patients with acute illness to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and facilitate complex discharges from hospitals, working within the community with patients in their own homes as part of a hospital at home service.
Responsibilities
* Develop your discipline specific skills.
* Develop skills in holistic assessing.
* Develop your supervisory, leadership and service development skills.
* There will be opportunity to support junior, assistant staff and students to help with their development.
* To provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to people in their own homes.
* To provide a high-quality person-centred approach to care delivery which always considers people’s safety, privacy and dignity.
* To provide specialist care and interventions, assessments, treatments and managing patients on a caseload, as part of the wider multi-disciplinary care team.
* Working as part of the hospital at home service, you will have the opportunity to develop extended skills such as venepuncture and assessment of the deteriorating patient.
* To provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients / service users.
* To devise specialist programmes of care for other professionals to deliver and ensure they are delivered appropriately.
* Act as a role model and promote the Trust Behaviours of being proactive, positive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will need to hold a valid UK Driving License and have access to a car.
The position is a Band 6 Physiotherapist.
Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Apr 2026
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