Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist

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Job Title: Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist
Specialism: Physiotherapy
Location: Redbridge, London, UK
Salary: £27.00 per hour

Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist within a Community Rapid Response Service in Redbridge, earning £27.00 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers full-time hours of 37.5 per week and the chance to join a dynamic 7-day service covering Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham. Working within a fast-paced community setting, you will play a crucial role in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting early discharge, and promoting independence through timely physiotherapy interventions.

This is an excellent opportunity for an NHS-experienced Physiotherapist with community and rapid response expertise who is looking to further develop their career while making a meaningful impact across local communities.

Perks and benefits:

• Full Time: Enjoy the consistency and stability of full-time hours while developing your expertise within a specialist community service.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £27.00 per hour, rewarding your specialist skills and experience.

• Ongoing Contract: Benefit from long-term opportunities and the chance to build strong professional relationships within the service.

• Multidisciplinary Team Working: Collaborate with a wide range of healthcare professionals, enhancing your knowledge and clinical experience.

• Professional Development: Strengthen your skills within urgent community response, rehabilitation, falls prevention, and hospital avoidance services.

• Diverse Caseload: Gain exposure to a variety of complex presentations and community-based rehabilitation needs.

• Meaningful Impact: Help patients remain safe and independent within their own homes while reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.

What you will do:

• Provide urgent physiotherapy assessments and interventions to support hospital admission avoidance.

• Respond promptly to referrals for patients experiencing acute mobility, functional, or rehabilitation needs.

• Undertake comprehensive assessments of mobility, balance, strength, transfers, and falls risk within community settings.

• Deliver timely rehabilitation programmes aimed at maximising independence and preventing further deterioration.

• Develop and implement person-centred treatment plans to ensure patients can remain safe at home.

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to provide coordinated crisis response services.

• Support early supported discharge programmes and contribute to reducing avoidable hospital readmissions.

• Recommend and arrange appro