Community Physiotherapist- Penwith Community Rehab Team

Band 6

Main area

community rehabilitation/home first

Grade

Band 6

Contract

12 months (Secondment end date

Hours

• Part time
• Job share

18.75 hours per week (Covers 8am-6pm, 7 days a week)

Job ref

Site

Bellair Health Centre

Town

Penzance

Salary

£38,682 - £46,580 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

28/12/2025 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The Community Rehabilitation and Homefirst teams are part of the Penwith Integrated Community Team. The teams comprise of registered and non-registered nursing, therapy and administrative staff, working collaboratively with partner organisations within the Neighbourhood to support the intermediate and rehabilitation needs of our local population.

This position is open to physiotherapists with community experience who wish to develop assessment, care planning, reablement and rehabilitation skills whilst being part of a dynamic, research-active, progressive, integrated, multiagency team.

You'll be responsible for assessment, planning and implementation of care, and assist in the interpretation of information relevant to the patient's condition/progress, identify problems and needs and set realistic rehabilitation goals. You need excellent organisational skills along with a wide knowledge base and experience of working in older person's services.

We offer a well supported working environment in which to develop your clinical and interpersonal skills, a structured in-service training programme; appraisal and supervision system.

This post covers the Penwith are which spans from Hayle to Marazion and all areas to the West.

The service covers a 7 day rota which involves some weekend and bank holiday working: the successful candidates must be flexible with their working days. We cover 8am-6pm

We would welcome applications from return to practice candidates.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be able to triage referrals to identify need and urgency, assess and provide highly specialist evidence based treatment plans for adults within the catchment area, either in their own homes or care homes.

To work alongside the wider multidisciplinary teams within the community which includes partner agencies, liaising with the community and acute hospitals, Adult Social Care and the Voluntary Services

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

Working for our organisation

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification
education/qualifications and relevant experience
Essential criteria

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• HCPC reigstered
• Substantial post registration clinical experience in a similar role
• Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of managing the risks associated with working in a lone working environment
• Evidence of appropriate postgraduate courses and CPD to support practice, to degree equivalent level
• A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings

knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria

• Confident and competent leadership with the ability to work in diverse and complex situations
• Ability to make clinical risk-management decisions in lone-working situations
• Awareness of safeguarding policies and procedures

Skills and apptitude
Essential criteria

• Excellent clinical skills
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills that will enable to post holder to work effectively across boundaries and in a variety of settings.
• Imparting bad news to patients and their families/carers; demonstrating the ability to communicate in a form and manner that is consistent with the level of understanding, culture, background and preferred communication method of each individual
• Clear understanding of clinical effectiveness and the need to provide evidence based care
• IT literate

Desirable criteria

• Teaching, Assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment for staff and students

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
• Individual professional development programmes

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on

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