Surrey Downs Health & Care Community Therapy Team
The Surrey Downs Health and Care Community Therapy Team works across organisational boundaries within the Primary Care Networks and is responsible for providing therapeutic/MDT intervention for those who would otherwise need emergency hospital admission, as well as for those medically stable to return home from an acute hospital but requiring enhanced short‑term support as part of their ongoing rehabilitation pathway. The service aims to support people living as independently as possible by offering multidisciplinary assessment and further rehabilitation.
This role will be based within the Cobham and Oxshott PCN.
* Perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the patient with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning skills to create targeted treatment plans using SMART goals specific to the patient’s condition.
* Formulate and deliver an individual or group physiotherapy treatment programme in line with best practice guidelines.
* Coordinate and ensure effective delivery of therapy services, liaising and cooperating with colleagues across other PCNs/Adult social care teams to provide equitable services.
* Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required, advise and support more junior colleagues, and hand over treatment plans to the rehabilitation assistant to support patient‑centred goals.
* Have an awareness of local community services and be able to refer to these appropriately and in a timely manner.
* Understand and manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and within the service, advise more junior staff, and seek guidance from Band 7s/Clinical Lead as required.
* Keep accurate and complete records of work undertaken in line with CSP, Community Therapy Team, Surrey Downs Health and Care standards, maintaining confidentiality and information governance at all times.
* Teach, assess and contribute to the performance assessment of Band 5’s and Rehabilitation Assistants.
* Work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment (including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) and management of a caseload of clients whose needs are best met in their own home or community setting.
* Plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs, supporting less experienced members of the team.
* Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high‑quality and innovative services to the local population.
* Promote effective teamwork and delegate activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.
* Provide physiotherapy service for Surrey Downs Health and Care.
* Liaise closely with other health and social care professionals.
* Supervise and teach less experienced physiotherapy staff, Rehabilitation Assistants and students within this speciality.
* Contribute to audit, implementation of best practice guidelines and participate in in‑service training.
Surrey Downs Health and Care delivers care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations. The partnership includes GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network; Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust; and Surrey County Council.
Due to the partnership and the partnership‑driven values that translate into better care for residents, we provide person‑centred care that goes beyond organisational boundaries.
Please refer to the Job description and Person Specification for more details.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
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