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Job overview

The Integrated Community Response Team is a team a large multidisciplinary team made up of GPs, occupational therapists, a social worker, physiotherapists, nurses, a community matron, mental health nurse and support workers.  The main aim of the service is to manage complex clinical cases at home, prevent unnecessary hospital admission and support early discharge of patients following an acute admission. The team provides immediate assessment, intervention, rehabilitation and management to a broad range of patients with complex needs. All members of the team work very closely together and have a good relationship with other community teams and clinicians such as district nurses, GPs, London Ambulance Service and mental health services.

Hounslow Community Healthcare NHS Trust support and encourage staff to continue their clinical development and participate in multi-disciplinary audit and research. You will be working in a rewarding and challenging clinical setting. This job offers an opportunity and challenging career move for you to advance your clinical skills and expertise, especially as healthcare is really moving towards a more integrated community approach in order to manage acutely unwell patients.

Main duties of the job

We are currently seeking a physiotherapist with a broad range of previous experience across acute and community settings. You will have completed all core rotations and preferably had previous experience working in accident and emergency and in treating acutely unwell clients in the community. You must have excellent assessment and sound clinical skills and be able to treat clients who present with varying medical diagnoses. You must be flexible, organised, have excellent time management skills in order to manage a case load effectively as the team priorities change frequently throughout the day.

As the service is community based, you will need to be a car driver and required to work long days and weekends on a rota basis.

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 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

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.