Home First Response Service Physiotherapist – Community services
Job Description
Job title: Home First Response Service Physiotherapist – Community services
Company: NHS Scotland
Job description: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
The Home First Response Service is a new service focused on working differently and collaboratively with acute and community teams to identify frailty and support people home or within a homely setting. As part of the team we are looking for an innovative and experienced physiotherapist to join our team within the RAH. This post is a community inreach post with professional supervision supported by established structures within Renfrewshire HSCP. The team focus is towards the front door of the hospital and by working alongside colleagues in ED, assessment units and as part of the wider frailty services within the RAH seeks to improve people’s outcomes by utilising community interventions to enable discharge home quickly. As this is a community post, it will be managed and supervised under the Renfrewshire HSCP management structure. Being new service we would welcome applicants with an interest in Quality Improvement and Service development. Individuals will work autonomously and within the team.
The Home First Response service is a Multi-Disciplinary Team working across acute and community area identifying and working with people who live with frailty. It is both a proactive and reactive role to play in the management of frailty. This role in the RAH will on people present at the front door of the hospital who are able to go home with additional community intervention. The post holder will be an integral component of the patient journey from early intervention, assessment, care planning and by working proactively and collaboratively with the MDT across acute and community areas to safely discharge the patient home. The post holder will link with the community part of the HFRS team to ensure a seamless discharge and continuity of care.
Hours of work will be flexible to cover between 8am and 8pm, 7 days per week. Initially the working pattern will be Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30am and 4.30pm, expectation that the hours and shift pattern will extend in the near future as the service develops. Secondment opportunity maybe available and part time hours may be considered. Flexible working patterns will be considered.
This post presents an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be part of a new service and approach to care delivery, to develop their community knowledge and skills.
Informal Contact: Alison Togher, Tel No: 07816182814
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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Location: Paisley
