Band 6 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Are you ready to be part of a new initiative at Salisbury Hospital?

The Trust is investing in our Early Supportive Discharge team to enable them to support patients home as soon as medically fit with additional care provided by the Council. The service works to a 'discharge to assess' model, in partnership with Wiltshire Council's re-ablement team to provide therapy in the patients own home and ensure patients are given the support they need.

The team is based at the hospital, facilitating discharge plans and liaising with other services before taking patients home. ESD team complete assessments in patients own homes to ensure they have the adequate care and therapy they need to support their return to independence. You will be expected to effectively communicate and provide leadership and coordination to the team, whilst also using appropriate communication approaches to clinically assess and review patients. You may also be involved with providing care and practicing exercise plans in patients home.

If you are able to use your own initiative, be flexible in your approach, and are motivated to be part of a developing service, with patient centred rehabilitation at its core, then this will be the right post for you. The ESD team is a 7 day service from 08:00-18:00 therefore flexibility in working pattern is required. A standard working week is 08: Having a full driving license and access to a car is essential.

You will be expected to treat and support patients who have been identified for the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) Team either as an inpatient or in the community. You will be expected to work autonomously, setting treatment goals, monitoring patient progress, encouraging independence with activities of daily living and adapt treatment and rehab plans as necessary. You will also be required to support the daily running of the ESD team and supervise junior team members and driving motivation and a positive ethos throughout the team.

There is expectation that the candidate will be committed to providing high standards of care. Consideration will be given to those who demonstrate the trusts visions and values and exhibits behaviour in accordance with the ESD Team Behavioural charter.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting .

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.