Physiotherapist - Neurology

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Brimstage; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Part time

Job summary

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is offering a temporary Senior Physiotherapist post in the neuro team at the Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Centre. Band 6, 15 hours per week, including weekend work and cross-service duties across neuro rehabilitation, acute neuro, early supported discharge, and neuro outpatients.

You will require postgraduate experience in neurological rehabilitation and relevant Band 5/Band 6 level experience.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate experience in neurological rehabilitation.
• Experience at Band 5 and/or Band 6 level is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively with staff, patients, relatives and carers to coordinate care and plan and deliver treatment.
• Be line-managed by an AHP Team Leader.
• Maintain good working relationships with all staff involved in patient care.
• Establish rapport with patients to gain compliance with treatment programmes.
• Communicate effectively with patients and adapt approaches for barriers to understanding (e.g., deafness, confusion).
• Be a caring, responsible member of the AHP service and participate in the department’s life.
• Organise and plan own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including complex presentations, using clinical reasoning and manual techniques to diagnose conditions.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical reasoning

Case management

Neurological rehabilitation experience

Job description

We are very excited to offer a temporary post in our neuro team for a Senior Physiotherapist speciality Neurology as part of the neuro rehabilitation service at the Clatterbridge Rehabilitation Centre. This is Band 6 working 15 hours per week. This includes weekend working and working across services of neuro rehabilitation, acute neuro, early supported discharge team and neuro outpatients. The Centre provides rehabilitation services to Wirral residents following a stroke, and we are a spoke for Wirral, East & West Cheshire, Shropshire and North Wales for the Cheshire and Mersey Rehabilitation Network. You will require post graduate experience in neurological rehabilitation and relevant experience at Band 5 and/or Band 6 level. The post holder will provide specialist assessment and intervention for people following stroke, acquired brain injury and other neurological conditions. We operate an integrated therapy service where occupational therapists and physiotherapists work together to optimise people's outcomes following onset of neurological pathology. You will require excellent communication skills (including competence utilising supported communication techniques), be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical reasoning and be able to case manage patients with complex needs. You will join an enthusiastic, supportive team with training and supervision from Band 7 staff.

• To communicate effectively with staff, patients, relatives and carers and other agencies regarding care and treatment in order to co-ordinate care and to ensure effective and appropriate planning and delivery of treatment.
• To be line-managed by an AHP Team Leader.
• To maintain good working relationships with all other staff involved in patient care.
• To establish a rapport with patients in order to gain their compliance with treatment programmes.
• To communicate effectively with patients and adapt approach where there maybe barriers to understanding e.g. deaf, confusion.
• To be a caring, responsible member of the AHP service and to take a full part in the life of the department.
• The post holder is managed by AHP Team Leader , but has the freedom to act, regarding patient care, guided by protocols and guidelines for conduct. The results/ outcomes of treatment / performance are assessed at agreed intervals through the supervision / appraisal process.
• To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies; use developed clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents. We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m. The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.