Closing date: 31 October 2026
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa, pro-rata

Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Discharge to Assess Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting timely hospital discharges and enabling patients to regain independence within their own homes or community settings.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred physiotherapy assessments and interventions, ensuring safe and effective transitions of care from acute services. The team supports patients both in their own homes and in care home environments, working in line with the Governments Discharge to Assess model and promoting a Home First approach.

This role is well suited to individuals who enjoy working collaboratively within a fast-paced team environment.

We strongly encourage prospective applicants to make contact for an informal discussion prior to submitting an application.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline.

Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard Physiotherapy service by using advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients who have complex presentations with physical, psychological and cognitive conditions. The post holder will undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, and work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will take an active role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering, developing and evaluating the service, undertaking evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and the team's clinical practice. They may lead on the implementation of specific changes to practice and contribute to service protocols. This job may include supervising and managing staff.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead healthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for all aspects of service delivery, including leadership of Physiotherapy colleagues, cover for absent staff and deputising in the team lead's absence.
• Regularly supervise and line manage workload and caseload of Physiotherapist and support staff, undertaking line management meetings and appraisals.
• Assess, prescribe and authorise general and specialist aids and adaptive equipment in line with Community Equipment Services policy and procedures.
• Manage a caseload of service users with complex needs, applying evidence-based and person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Maintain up to date, accurate and complete clinical records in line with Livewell SW Health and Corporate Records policy and HCPC requirements.
• Maintain high professional standards in line with Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and HCPC standards and regulations.

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 contact
Clinical Lead: Leah Breen, leah.breen@nhs.net, 01752435860

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