Highly Specialist Physiotherapist, Team Lead Community Stroke

Job overview

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 24 February 2025

The Community Stroke Therapy Team provides specialist, patient-centred community and outpatient-based rehabilitation for adults with stroke. You will be joining an enthusiastic, MDT, working alongside colleagues in specialist stroke services, the stroke and neurology inpatient team and the Neurological Rehabilitation Team.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, highly motivated Physiotherapist, with excellent clinical and leadership skills in the management of neurological patients, specifically Stroke.

You will have a clinical caseload.

We are looking for someone with substantial post-graduate experience, including MDT working in neurological and community settings. You will have been involved in service development projects and have experience of managing and supervising staff.

This is a community role requiring you to travel between sites.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership and clinical expertise to the Community Stroke Therapy team. To provide day to day line management to a multidisciplinary team of staff in an outpatient and community setting.

To be responsible for planning and co-ordinating caseloads and staffing, making adjustments on a daily basis as required to ensure effective running of the team.

To assess, develop and implement evidence based therapy treatment utilising specialist theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience within the field of stroke rehabilitation.

To undertake lead responsibility of the supervision, training and appraisal of all grades of staff within the team including therapy students.

Working without direct supervision using own initiative to interpret operational policies and procedures.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, working within the ethical framework provided by the rules of professional conduct.

To liaise with the wider MDT and multi-agencies to facilitate best patient care.

To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations, to provide a diagnosis and treatment plan.

To be the main person initiating and co-ordinating changes to working practice and service delivery.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for the role of Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Team Leader Community Stroke Therapy Team

Person specification

Experience

• Significant post registration general clinical experience, including NHS experience and of working in the specialty of stroke and neurology.
• Significant experience at Band 6 or equivalent, working in stroke, neurology and rehabilitation settings
• Experience of MDT guideline/policy development, implementation and audit
• Experience of working in an MDT and across organisational and professional boundaries
• Experience of leading clinical audit/research and using outcome measures
• Experience of leading and managing change
• Experience of leading innovative practice
• Experience in service prioritisation, delegation and caseload management.
• Experience of student / qualified staff supervision.

• Experience of project management/service development

Skills

• Able to communicate complex information clearly to other professionals, patients, relatives and carers.
• Report writing / Presentation skills
• Computer literate – ability to use Word/Excel/Powerpoint, electronic patient records etc.
• Clinical credibility
• Highly developed specialist skills underpinned by theory and experience
• Highly developed analytical skills for complex situations
• Team working and to be able to work as part of a team
• Organised approach to work with ability to prioritise and delegate
• Mentoring and advanced communication skills
• Able to teach, train and supervise others in specialist area of practice
• To be proactive in service development in-order to promote clinical excellence.
• Proven evidence of Leadership and management skills, including change management skills.
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Analytical approach to problem solving and ability to make clinical judgements requiring assimilation, interpretation and decisions where there may be a range of options
• Able to lead in the assessment and moving and handling of patients on a regular basis to a high standard of practice.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of application of relevant National Guidance both general and specialty related e.g. National Service Frameworks, NICE, NHS Long Term Plan etc.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national targets and priorities
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of people following a stroke
• Knowledge of research and national audit within the field of stroke.
• Evidence of relevant CPD
• Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other relevant HR/People management training
• Specialist knowledge, skills and application of current best practice within stroke.

Qualifications

• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
• Degree/ equivalent in Physiotherapy
• Knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by further training and evidence of further study/knowledge at Masters level or equivalent in a health-related subject
• Clinical Educator Training

• Leadership or management development qualification
• Member of CSP/ special interest group relevant to speciality.