Job Description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to join the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) Teams across Thame and Buckingham. In this community-based role, you will be responsible for supporting patients with complex health needs through personalised rehabilitation and case management approaches. You will work closely with Advanced Community Practitioners and multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure timely, effective care delivery, while supporting workload coordination across the service. You will utilise your specialist clinical expertise to assess patient needs, deliver evidence-based interventions, and help identify individuals at risk of hospital admission, ensuring they receive appropriate support to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Physiotherapist, you will be responsible for contributing to the development and implementation of clinical pathways, ensuring service delivery is aligned with agreed standards, protocols, and evidence-based practice. You will support the creation and ongoing review of operational procedures and guidelines within the RRIC service to enhance consistency and quality of care delivery. You will be responsible for supporting service resilience by participating in 7-day working rotas, including weekend cover and Urgent Community Response duties across Buckinghamshire localities. In addition, you will be responsible for supporting service improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, safety, and effectiveness within community-based rehabilitation services.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job Roles & Responsibilities

• To ensure accurate and timely maintenance of electronic patient records, updating clinical activity in line with Trust information governance standards and ensuring documentation is complete, secure, and audit-ready at all times.
• To support the coordination of staff activity by contributing to the allocation, monitoring, and oversight of delegated clinical tasks, ensuring effective use of workforce resources within agreed service frameworks.
• To maintain clinical competence through ongoing professional development, engaging in advanced training, policy review activities, and contributing to the evolution of professional standards within the service.
• To support the implementation of Trust policies and national guidelines by ensuring adherence to operational procedures, regulatory requirements, and best practice frameworks across all areas of service delivery.
• To contribute to the development and delivery of training, supervision, and mentorship for junior staff and learners, supporting skill development and promoting consistent standards of practice across the team.
• To promote effective communication across internal and external stakeholders by ensuring timely sharing of relevant service information, supporting continuity of operational activity and service responsiveness.

Person Specification & Qualification

• HCPC registered Physiotherapist
• Degree or Diploma in a relevant healthcare profession.
• Minimum two years' post-registration NHS community or inpatient experience.
• Experience in rehabilitation, intermediate care, or long-term condition management.
• Full UK driving licence, own vehicle, and evidence of ongoing CPD. Evidence of ongoing CPD.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

NHS Professionals Limited

Location

Buckingham Community Hospital, High Street,
BUCKINGHAM, MK18 1NU, United Kingdom

Thame Community Hospital, East Street,
THAME, Oxfordshire, OX9 3JT, United Kingdom