<div><h3>RRIC Community Practitioner - Physiotherapist</h3><h3>Band 6</h3><p>Main area: Rapid Response, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Prevention of Admission. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 37.5 hours per week (service cover 8-6pm inclusive weekends). Job ref 434-CR7984519-A.</p><p>Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time). Closing date: 29/06/2026 23:59.</p><h3>Job overview</h3><ul><li><b>Your mission:</b> Provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight‑knit team that reacts quickly to patients in crisis.</li><li><b>Your aim:</b> Help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation, support early discharge and end‑of‑life care.</li><li><b>Your role:</b> Add expertise to a multidisciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners or Healthcare Assistants.</li><li><b>Who are we?</b> Part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, operating across 7 locations and 2 Urgent Community Response Squads.</li><li><b>Who are you?</b> A committed clinical professional motivated by developing skills and thriving as part of a team.</li></ul><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><ul><li>Provide triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review and evaluation of the needs of patients and carers.</li><li>Plan programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case‑manage patients through their journeys.</li><li>Allocate appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care team.</li><li>Work with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner, demonstrating leadership, care planning / coordination and care and treatment delivery, and support the development of clinical pathways.</li><li>Work across Intermediate Care and Community Physiotherapy pathways.</li></ul><h3>Benefits</h3><ul><li>Learning and development opportunities to support career progression.</li><li>Flexible and agile working opportunities, NHS benefits including generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.</li><li>Range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.</li></ul><h3>Person specification</h3><h3>Education, qualifications & training</h3><ul><li>Registered Healthcare Professional with HCPC or RCN registration – Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Nurse.</li><li>Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Nursing or Paramedic Science.</li><li>Recent Continuous Professional Development.</li><li>Relevant postgraduate clinical training (e.g., Advanced History Taking & Assessment).</li><li>Experience in Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Trauma, Orthopaedics & End of Life care.</li></ul><h3>Experience</h3><ul><li>Post or pre‑registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists: Care of Elderly, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Long‑term conditions.</li><li>Minimum of 2 years post‑registration working in an NHS community/in‑patient setting.</li><li>In‑depth experience working within multi‑agency/multi‑disciplinary team.</li><li>Experience with NHS or Adult Social Care single assessment process.</li><li>Experience of electronic clinical systems.
</li><li>Experience participating in research or audit projects.</li><li>Experience of day‑to‑day staff management (e.g. case allocation to Health Care Assistants).</li></ul><h3>Special circumstances</h3><ul><li>Valid and current UK driving licence and car with business insurance to travel within Buckinghamshire.</li></ul><p><b>PPE requirements:</b> All colleagues must wear appropriate personal protective equipment in accordance with infection prevention and control procedures.</p><p><b>COVID‑19 and Flu vaccinations:</b> We encourage staff to be vaccinated when recommended.</p><p><b>Application deadline:</b> This post will close on the closing date stated. If a large number of applications or a change in circumstance occurs, we may close the job before the advertised date.</p><p><b>Employer certification / accreditation:</b> You must have appropriate UK professional registration.</p><p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) and the Order 2020. Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.</p></div>