Specialist Community Physiotherapist

About the role

Make a Real Difference in Stroke Rehabilitation
As a Specialist Community Physiotherapist, you will play a pivotal role in helping individuals regain independence, confidence, and quality of life following a stroke.
This is an opportunity to combine expert clinical practice with leadership, working within a dynamic multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering outstanding patient-centred care across Wiltshire.

Package Description

£39,959 - £48,117 FTE (Band 6 AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you are encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a specialist physiotherapy service for stroke patients within the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) pathway, providing high-quality assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation in community settings.
• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessments and develop person-centred rehabilitation plans that promote recovery, independence, and quality of life.
• Support timely hospital discharge and prevent unnecessary admissions by enabling safe and effective rehabilitation within patients' homes and local communities.
• Empower patients and their families to actively participate in care planning and decision-making, ensuring goals reflect individual needs and aspirations.
• Monitor, evaluate, and adapt treatment programmes to maximise rehabilitation outcomes, maintaining accurate and up-to-date clinical records.
• Assess, prescribe, and provide training in the safe use of rehabilitation equipment to patients, carers, and colleagues as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to case reviews, MDT meetings, and integrated care planning to ensure seamless patient care.
• Provide specialist stroke advice, guidance, and support to colleagues across integrated community teams and partner services.
• Act as a clinical role model, providing supervision, mentorship, and support to junior staff, rehabilitation support workers, and students to promote high standards of practice.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives, and the implementation of innovative practices that enhance stroke rehabilitation services across Wiltshire.

Essential Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy (BSc/BSc Hons or equivalent), HCPC registration, and relevant post-registration training.
• Experience working with adults with neurological conditions, including stroke rehabilitation, delivering patient-centred assessment, treatment, and case management.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams, collaborating across services, and building effective relationships with patients, carers, and partner organisations.
• Demonstrable leadership, supervision, teaching, or mentoring experience, with a commitment to supporting the development of colleagues and students.
• Strong clinical reasoning, communication, organisational, and IT skills, with the ability to manage a varied caseload, maintain clinical records, and communicate sensitive information effectively.
• Evidence of continuing professional development, evidence-based practice, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of care.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience working within community-based rehabilitation or Early Supported Discharge services.
• Involvement in service development, quality improvement, clinical audit, or implementing changes to practice.
• Experience working with a broad range of patient groups and external agencies to support integrated care pathways.
• Evidence of an innovative and flexible approach to service delivery and improving patient outcomes.