Job summary
This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Early Intervention Community Team within Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust, the largest community trust in the country.

Part of a wider Early Intervention programme, which has delivered in the last 12 months: 77000 fewer acute bed days used, 19000 fewer non-acute bed days and people spend 11.5 fewer days in the system. Overall having an impact of £25.8million saved for Birmingham to reinvest in Health and Social Care developments.

Six health and social care organisations joined forces in the region to deliver this truly integrated service. Alongside BCHC, other partners include Birmingham City Council, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham and Solihull CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG

Main duties of the job
You will be joining a community team in the midst of one of the largest Health and Social Care transformations in the country, with exciting changes and developments, preventing avoidable hospital admissions, premature admission to long-term residential care and facilitating early hospital discharge, plus the added bonus of Birmingham being a fantastic place to work and live.

A real opportunity to work within the self-motivated and aspirational MDT daily, we are currently looking for someone to dynamically lead and promote a culture of home first rehabilitation, so the people of Birmingham are treated in the right place at the right time, evidenced by clinical and performance outcomes. Working multi-professionally, completing assessments and interventions, whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality intervention to patients within their own homes and other community settings.

The ability to travel independently and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role.

About us
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Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities
A person who is an excellent communicator with a flexible approach, and has existing, or an eagerness to establish, links with Health and Social care partners and a passion for 'trusted assessor' principles, will be at an advantage when working in this team. You will have opportunities to support junior staff and students, as well as drive and lead in service development projects and quality patient care.

We run an excellent Inspire leadership training programme for all staff with line management responsibility, alongside other opportunities to develop your career.

HCPC registrations are a requirement for registered staff roles.

The post holder will be expected to work shifts as required over 7 days (0800-2100) per week in line with service delivery

Essential qualifications and training

• Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
• Current Health and Care Professions Council registration.
• Extensive evidence of relevant post registration training and continuing professional development.

Essential experience

• Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Relevant experience in community and/or acute or inpatient pathways, including discharge planning.
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Experience of supervision, delegation, student support or training delivery.
• Significant relevant post-registration experience in community rehabilitation.
• Experience of autonomous assessment and management of patients with complex needs.

Essential skills and knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance, safeguarding, health and safety, risk management, audit and evidence-based practice.
• Ability to safely handle patients and equipment and to work in a range of positions
• Ability to triage referrals, analyse complex information, assess risk and determine the correct pathway and priority
• Ability to undertake person-centred assessment and intervention in patients' homes and hospital settings.
• Ability to develop, deliver and review goal-focused treatment or rehabilitation plans.
• Knowledge and application of the relevant professional code of conduct and HCPC standards.
• Competence in electronic patient records, digital communication tools and Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of a range of assessment, clinical decision-making, rehabilitation and treatment approaches for the client group.

Essential personal qualities

• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information and manage barriers to understanding.
• Ability to build effective relationships across acute, community, primary care and social care services.
• Able to work independently, prioritise a varied workload and respond flexibly to changing pressures.
• Ability to delegate and supervise appropriately and act as a senior clinical resource.
• Demonstrates sound judgement, critical thinking and a solution-focused approach.
• Able to work under pressure and in emotive or distressing circumstances.
• Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to equality, diversity, inclusion and the needs of individuals from different backgrounds.
• Committed to learning, reflective practice and continuous improvement.

Essential other job requirements

• Full valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work, subject to Trust reasonable adjustment arrangements.
• Ability to travel and work across community locations, EICT bases and Good Hope Hospital.
• Willingness to work flexible hours, including weekends and Bank Holidays as part of a rota.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Contact
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Team Lead Lorraine Bampfield l.bampfield@nhs.net 01213035444

Date posted: 03 November 2026
Closing date: 17 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 820-8330685-COM

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer. Apply through our website.