Band 6 Stroke Specialist Physiotherapist

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Harrogate; Sur place; GBP 43 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Physiotherapist to lead comprehensive neurology assessments and develop individual treatment plans. The role involves managing a complex caseload, supervising junior staff, and coordinating discharge planning across acute and community settings.

You will apply evidence-based tools, adapt plans to patient needs, and contribute to service improvement within an established stroke and neuro therapy team across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Registration with HCPC and UK professional registration.
• Clinical experience in stroke and neuro rehabilitation.
• Experience delivering neurology-specific interventions and education.
• Ability to supervise junior staff and therapy assistants.
• Awareness of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines.
• Able to undertake complex manual handling.

Responsabilités

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with diverse neurology presentations and provide accurate diagnoses.
• Formulate and deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programmes using evidence-based practice.
• Manage a varied and complex caseload independently with prioritised planning.
• Supervise junior physiotherapists and assistants, including record keeping and supervision.
• Provide discharge planning and onward referrals to community services; work in community settings when required.
• Where needed, deputise for Band 7 in operational management and allocate work to staff.

Connaissances

HCPC registration

Stroke rehab experience

Neurology interventions

Training colleagues

Manual handling

Clinical governance

Drving licence / vehicle access

Auditing & CPD

Appraisal skills

Band 5 experience in stroke/neuro

Description du poste

The role will require you to undertake comprehensive Physiotherapy assessment at a specialist level with patients, allocated to your caseload, under the supervision of the Clinical Team Lead Physiotherapist in the service. You will be required to complete specialised assessment, treatment planning, and clinical intervention in the field of neurology. You will select and apply appropriate evidence-based assessment tools and outcome measures to identify the clinical benefit within your practice. As part of the role, you will be expected to formulate patient centred goals along with individualised management and treatment plans, where appropriate, including effective discharge planning and onward referral to community services. As a senior therapist you will independently manage a varied and complex caseload on a day to day basis, organising your time effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities; ensuring good use of skills within the team by delegating and allocating work to junior staff and assistant therapy staff.Working for our organisation Our Stroke and Neuro Therapy Teams are a well established, innovative and motivated team providing high quality specialist stroke and neuro services to adults within the acute & rehabilitation setting at both Royal Blackburn Hospital, Burnley General Hospital and Pendle Community Hospital. The East Lancashire Community Stroke and Neuro Services provides rehabilitation to patients within a range of settings including outpatient departments, patients' homes, and care home settings. The integrated therapy team consists of a whole MDT team including Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychology, AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke along with Therapy Assistant Practitioners. As a service we are actively involved in research developments and keen to encourage staff to participate in service improvement projects. We also have a robust training and supervision structure in place to support staff to full fill their role., 1.Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care. 2.Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition. 3.Formulate and deliver an individual physiotherapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills e.g. manual physiotherapy techniques, patient education, exercise classes, and other alternative options. 4.Take delegated responsibility from the Band 7 Physiotherapist for managing patients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions. 5.Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating. For example, patients may dysphasic, depressed, deaf, blind or who may be unable to accept diagnosis. 6.Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required. 7.Manage clinical risk within own patient caseload. 8. When working in the community and domiciliary settings, work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a more senior physiotherapist if required. 9. Supervise junior physiotherapists and assistants' record keeping system according to professional and the physiotherapy service standards. PROFESSIONAL 1.Be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing Professional Development activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects personal development. 2.Be responsible for teaching student physiotherapists to graduate level on physiotherapeutic skills and knowledge within core clinical areas as required. 3.Be responsible for teaching, assessment and contributing to the performance assessment and appraisal of newly qualified physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistant staff, as required. 4.Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice in the relevant clinical areas, developing specialist knowledge of particular conditions and patient types. 5.Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with colleagues. ORGANISATIONAL 1.Responsible for the supervision and co-ordination of junior staff and assistants on a daily basis. 2.Deputise for the Band 7 in their absence, taking responsibility for operational management of the team, allocating and organising the work of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis.

• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
• Individual and group treatment skills in stroke rehab
• Clinical experience in using a range of stroke specialist neurological interventions
• Experience of delivering training to colleagues in health and/ or other relevant agencies
• Access to a vehicle to work across sites
• Awareness of national policy, clinical practice standards and guidelines relevant to service
• Able to undertake complex manual handling
• Desirable criteria
• Training relevant to role e.g. Bobath, NCORE course, spasticity management
• student educators course
• Appraisal Skills, Worked as Band 5 in stroke or neuro, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
• We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.
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• Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1‑3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost for an Enhanced DBS, is £45.90 and for a Basic & Standard, this is £24.90 this cost includes a £4.90 admin fee.