Band 6 Rotational Physiotherapist

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced physiotherapist for neuro-rehabilitation rotations based at Moseley Hall Hospital or West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre. You will work within specialist teams to deliver patient-centred rehabilitation across diverse clinical settings, contributing to high-quality care and service development.

The post requires proven neuro-rehabilitation experience, strong communication and teamwork, and a holistic approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in neuro-rehabilitation
• Holistic, goal- and patient-centred approach
• Excellent communication and teamwork
• Organisation skills
• Respiratory and supervisory experience desirable

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy input to rehabilitation services on a rotational basis through uni- and multi-disciplinary assessment and coordination of treatment programmes.
• Assess patients' physiotherapy needs, plan and coordinate an individual treatment plan using sound clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice, including provision of FES as required.
• Provide assessment and analysis of rehabilitation, social and care needs of complex patients as part of the Inter-Disciplinary Team, referring on to outside agencies in discussion with senior staff.
• On the In-patient Neuro Rehabilitation Unit, Moor Green and Birmingham Neuro Rehabilitation Team, be involved in key working to plan and coordinate outpatient programmes and act as contact for clients, carers and outside agencies.
• Negotiate with patients and carers to agree realistic goals; support clients and families coping with difficult diagnoses or long-term conditions.
• Supervisory responsibility for Physiotherapy students and Therapy Assistants.
• Provide discharge reports to GP's, social services, outside agencies and other therapy staff

Skills

Neuro-rehabilitation

Communication

Teamwork

Organisation

Respiratory experience

Supervisory experience

Job description

Rotations are based at either Moseley Hall Hospital or the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre (Selly Oak). Join our well-established specialist teams to deliver neuro-rehabilitation to patients with varied and complex presentations in a wide variety of clinical settings. The post offers great opportunities to both utilise and develop your rehabilitation skills.

Applicants will require existing experience in neuro-rehabilitation, a holistic, goal and patient centred approach, excellent communication, organisation and team working skills. Respiratory and supervisory experience is also desirable.

• Provide physiotherapy input to the rehabilitation services on a rotational basis through participating in uni and multi-disciplinary assessment and coordination of treatment programmes for patients using these services
• Assessing patients' physiotherapy needs, planning, carrying out and coordinating an individual treatment plan using sound clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice. This will include physiotherapy treatment as required alongside the provision of FES
• Providing assessment and analysis of rehabilitation, social and care needs of complex patients as part of the Inter-Disciplinary Team, referring on to outside agencies / professionals in discussion with senior members of staff
• On the In-patient Neuro Rehabilitation Unit, Moor Green and Birmingham Neuro Rehabilitation Team, involvement in key working a set number of patients in order to plan and co-ordinate their outpatient programme and act as point of contact for clients, carers and outside agencies
• Negotiating with patients and carers to agree realistic goals. Deal sensitively with clients and carers / families coping with difficult diagnoses or with long term / degenerative conditions who may have unrealistic expectations
• Supervisory responsibility for Physiotherapy students and Therapy Assistants
• Provide informative reports and discharge summaries to GP's, social services, outside agencies and other therapy staff

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 and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab 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.