Bank AHP (Physiotherapist & Occupational Therapist)

Job Introduction

Join the Bank at HCRG Care Group and Make a Difference, When It Works for You!

Are you a Band 5 Registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist looking for flexibility, variety, and a chance to make a real impact in your community? Join our Bank at HCRG Care Group, where you can choose when and where you work – while delivering high-quality, compassionate care either in the community or in a ward-based environment.

Join a friendly, multidisciplinary team focused on quality patient care whilst choosing when and where you work! We have opportunities across the whole BSW patch.

More information can be found in the attached job descriptions for each role.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main Responsibilities

Physiotherapist:
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work. To manage a patient caseload, minimizing clinical risk and ensuring a high standard of care.
• To carry out physiotherapy assessments, treatment planning and implementation to a high standard, evaluating and modifying your input as appropriate.
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers, in order to gain informed consent, achieve accurate assessment, to facilitate patient choice and maximize patient engagement.
• To communicate effectively with colleagues of all professions and with other agencies to achieve goals, including effective discharges. To ensure that confidentiality standards are maintained.

Occupational therapist:
• Provide an evidence-based Occupational Therapy service of a high standard, to patients in a community reablement setting.
• Formulate and deliver individual Occupational Therapy programmes based on a sound knowledge of the relevant evidence base and intervention options.
• Allocate, supervise and direct on-going Occupational Therapy programmes to patients provided by reablement therapy workers as required.
• Contribute to the formulation and evaluation of individual care plans, working closely with patients, their families and carers and other members of the MDT.
• Communicate in an appropriate and professional manner, using the systems in place and in accordance with organisational policies and procedures

The Ideal Candidate

Essential criteria:
• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Mentorship/teaching qualification (within first 2 years of post)
• Educated to diploma level
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, ****** health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

Package Description

As a Band 5 Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist working on the Bank for HCRG Care Group, you’ll be part of our valued team across BSW.

You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
• £18.71 per hour
• Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
• HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
• Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience
• Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
• Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
• Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development
• Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users
• Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission