Job overview

We are looking for talented and dynamic physiotherapist to join the Hounslow Falls Prevention and Bone Health Service.  The service aims to enable people to work towards self-management and enable understanding of health and functional factors that could contribute to falls. You would be joining the team at an exciting time as we work in partnership with borough colleagues to enhance links between clinical and community services aimed at enabling the population of Hounslow to live well and reduce their risk of falls now and in the future.

You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, including Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Nursing, with patients and their carers to offer a multi factorial falls risk assessment followed by a range of multi-disciplinary interventions.  You will also work closely with colleagues in the acute Falls/ Frailty clinic, community Stay Steady and Active services and the local authority home safety team.  You will provide support, supervision and training for junior and support staff, and students.

Main duties of the job

The service is delivered through multiple site clinics and home visits.  The post holder will work flexibly and be mobile across the Hounslow Borough and in hospital settings.  You may be required to work some weekends to maximise patient access to the service.

•    Provide holistic, multifactorial falls risk assessments and comprehensive fracture risk assessments and bone health management for clients who are at risk of, or worried about falling.
•    Triage referrals received from GPs, other health professionals and others, being aware of quality & appropriateness of referrals, and deal with these as necessary.
•    Independently manage a caseload without direct supervision and to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of clinical risk.
•    Provide high quality comprehensive clinical interventions based in best practice.
•    Participate in pathway design and promotion of the service to encourage new sources and routes of referral to optimise the scope and impact of the service.
•    Assist the team leader in the provision of the service as necessary.
•    Comply with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Core Standards of Practice and Health Professionals Council Standards of Performance Conduct and ethics of all other relevant national and local policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.