Job overview

Surrey Downs Health & Care

The post-holder is an experienced Physiotherapist who, acting within their professional boundaries will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the Home First Service. The post-holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively with Clinical Leads and Senior Therapists and the whole team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, providing Therapy Leadership.

Main duties of the job

To work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team in the assessment and management of a caseload of clients whose needs are best met in their own home or community setting.

To plan, deliver and evaluate the treatment needs of clients with a variety of complex social and health care needs.

To participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to the local population.

To promote effective teamwork within the wider Surrey Downs Health and Care delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.

The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.

Responsible for the provision of Physiotherapy service for Surrey Downs Health and Care.

Working for our organisation

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
•  CSH Surrey
•  Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
•  Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.