Highly Specialist (Lead) Neuro Physiotherapist
Job overview
This is a lead physiotherapy role in the Merton Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team. You will be providing highly specialised neuro physiotherapy to patients referred to the Merton Neuro Rehabilitation Team and will be responsible for the clinical supervision and support of the physiotherapists within the team.
You will also provide clinical expertise for the team and for any patients with neurological conditions. You will be responsible for and act as the lead clinician for the learning and development of physiotherapists and multidisciplinary staff, providing clinical support and guidance and assist in the development of the Merton Neuro Physiotherapy service.
The successful candidate will provide highly specialised Physiotherapy to patients with a confirmed neurological diagnosis, working autonomously and without direct supervision, and being accountable for their own professional actions. You will provide highly specialised Physiotherapy advice in relation to the care of patients who have a range of psycho-social, physical, and emotional problems including terminal illness, working in a community setting.
Main duties of the job- Clinical Expertise and Management of a Clinical Caseload
- To be responsible for the development, implementation, and delivery of Physiotherapy as a specialist clinician, including assessment, treatment planning and carrying out treatment of own client caseload
- To develop and implement specialist treatment programmes and initiate discharge planning. To be highly skilled in assessing and interpreting a range of complex factors relating to the patient’s condition, including diagnosis and prognosis.
- · To communicate complex assessment and treatment plans with patients and carers, dealing sensitively with distressing or emotional circumstances and being realistic about client’s expectations
- To liaise and establish communication networks with the multidisciplinary teams, external voluntary, and statutory organisations as appropriate
- To assess, recommend and where appropriate provide and fit a range of medical devices and / or equipment, to facilitate patient’s rehabilitation
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Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Health Professions Council Registration
- Educated to Masters level in field relevant to the role or equivalent combination of post graduate education, courses and experience in neuro physiotherapy
- Post graduate qualifications
- Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Membership of Special Interest Group e.g. ACPIN
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience working as a Band 6 / Band 7 Specialist Neuro Physiotherapist in a Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team or Early Supported Discharge (Stroke) Team
- Experience working within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Completion of yearly appraisals
- Experience of Clinical Teaching
- Staff and Student Supervision
- Experience of recruitment and selection
- Undertaken Clinical Audit
- Experience or service development
- Clinical leadership of a small team of Physiotherapists
- Well-rounded rotational experience within neuro speciality e.g. Neurosurgery, General Neurology, Stroke, Specialist Neuro-Rehabilitation, Specialist Services
- Knowledge and experience with research and audit
- Experience of operational management
Skills
Essential criteria- Advanced communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- Basic IT/ word processing skills
- EMIS clinical system experience
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
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