• Job Description

  Req#: E0453-25-0003?language=en&page=241&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for an enthusiastic B6 Therapist to join our small, friendly wheelchair service team. This role involves providing assessments and prescription of wheelchair equipment to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care.

  Working alongside an experienced Clinical team, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring eligible service users receive the equipment they need to meet their mobility and postural requirements.

  The role is primarily based at Dudley and Solihull Wheelchair Clinics, but travel to schools, hospitals, care homes, and service users' homes is required. Occasional visits to other Ross Care locations may also be necessary.

  You will receive line management support from a B7 Therapist with additional management support from our Clinical Lead. The Team have a weekly meeting for information sharing and peer support. Training for the role will be provided and there is an on-going commitment to learning and development, including PDR/PDP and CPD.

  Main duties of the job

  Providing clinical input to the wheelchair services, working closely with service users, their families and carers and the multi-disciplinary teams supporting service users.

  Work as an autonomous practitioner, managing a caseload including complex service users.

  Demonstrate clinical competence, effectiveness and best practice in all areas of clinical service delivery, including -

  Triage.

  Duty activities.

  Clinical interventions, including assessment of mobility, posture and pressure care needs, prescription, review, and handover/set up of prescribed equipment, demonstrating evidence of service user involvement and collaboration in care planning.

  Documentation, ensuring compliance with agreed record keeping systems and standards.

  Caseload management.

  Use of outcome measures.

  Medical device management.

  Take responsibility for maintaining safe clinic environments.

  Safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom the service comes into contact.

  Carry out physical/postural assessments and interventions which may involve kneeling, squatting, crouching, bending, twisting and maintaining static or awkward postures for short periods of time.

  Lift, carry or adjust wheelchairs and other equipment, potentially several times a day on a daily basis.

  About us

  About us

  Ross Care provide clinically lead, high-quality wheelchair services on behalf of the NHS. Our friendly teams include OTs, Physiotherapists and Rehabilitation Engineers, providing services for all age ranges.

  We operate across 40 regions in England and Wales, supporting over 400,000 wheelchair users each year and covering 45% of the population. We take great pride in the role we play in making a real difference in the lives of those who matter most - our patients and their families.

  Culture and Values

  Ross Care are a values-led organisation where people come first and whilst demand can often be high, our commitment to delivering high-quality care never wavers.

  We foster an environment where every team member is included, supported and empowered to contribute ideas and shape how we deliver services.

  Career Development and Support

  We provide a mature career pathway designed to help you grow with us and clinical supervision and CPD opportunities are embedded at all levels. We offer opportunity, structure, encouragement and excellent line management support.

  We offer a wide range of learning opportunities, including apprenticeships and training programmes. Many of our team members progress into new roles within the organisation, thanks to our strong grow your own culture.

  Our Commitment to Sustainability

  We take our environmental responsibilities seriously - tracking our carbon footprint, setting measurable targets, and continuously seeking new ways to reduce environmental impact.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  E0453-25-0003

  Job locations

  Dudley Nhs Wheelchair Service

  Two Woods Lane

  Brierley Hill

  West Midlands

  DY51TA

  
  

  Solihull Wheelchair Service

  Porcelanosa, Starley Way, Marston Green

  Solihull

  Birmingham

  B37 7HB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.

  Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.

  Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.

  Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.

  Confident in the use of computers with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.

  Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.

  Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.

  Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.

  Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.

  Ability to work under pressure.

  Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.

  Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.

  Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).

  Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.

  Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.

  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.

  Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.

  Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.

  Understanding of multi-cultural issues.

  Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

  Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.

  An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.

  Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.

  Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.

  Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.

  Confident in the use of computers with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.

  Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.

  Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.

  Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.

  Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.

  Ability to work under pressure.

  Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.

  Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.

  Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).

  Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.

  Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.

  Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.

  Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.

  Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.

  Understanding of multi-cultural issues.

  Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

  Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.

  An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.
  • Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.
  • Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.
  • Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.
  • Confident in the use of IT with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.
  • Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.
  • Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.
  • Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).
  • Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.
  • Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.
  • Understanding of multi-cultural issues.
  • Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

  Additional

  Essential

  • HCPC registration.
  • Enhanced DBS Clearance.
  • Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.
  • An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.

  Desirable

  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post-registration experience working with patients with long-term and deteriorating medical conditions.
  • Demonstrate strategies for organising own workload.
  • Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to working in order to meet competing priorities.
  • Demonstrate skill development and critical analysis of skill gaps.
  • Confident in the use of IT with knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office.
  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal; positive interpersonal skills with an ability to community appropriately with colleagues, other professionals, carers and service users.
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information in written and verbal forms to service users, other professionals and in-house staff.
  • Knowledge of a range of medical conditions (e.g. respiratory, neuro, orthopaedic), their management and implications for wheelchair prescription or other intervention.
  • Effective strategies to cope with a variety of distressing situations, including challenging behaviour from service users.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Demonstrate understanding of risk assessment and management within the healthcare environment.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of safeguarding, including how to identify potential safeguarding situations, how to report them internally and ensure action within the MDT.
  • Knowledge of legal issues (e.g. data protection, child protection, health and safety, vulnerable adults, human rights etc.).
  • Demonstrate an understanding of health and safety responsibilities and compliance.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance requirements.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of moving and handling techniques and procedures.
  • Understanding of information governance and data protection issues.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of managing diversity with the local populations and workforce.
  • Understanding of multi-cultural issues.
  • Demonstrate strategies for involving service users and carers in clinical decisions, ensuring all feedback is acknowledged.

  Additional

  Essential

  • HCPC registration.
  • Enhanced DBS Clearance.
  • Full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive Ross Care vehicles.
  • An ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, such as weather, exposure to unpleasant environments, bodily fluids, pets and other unspecified hazards.

  Desirable

  • Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or the Royal College of Occupational Therapists

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Employer name

  Ross Care

  Address

  Dudley Nhs Wheelchair Service

  Two Woods Lane

  Brierley Hill

  West Midlands

  DY51TA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://rosscare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Ross Care

  Address

  Dudley Nhs Wheelchair Service

  Two Woods Lane

  Brierley Hill

  West Midlands

  DY51TA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://rosscare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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