Specialised Physiotherapist Community Stroke Team

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a physiotherapist to join the Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team, delivering community-based rehabilitation to stroke patients and coordinating care with families and carers.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, applying evidence-based practice, risk assessment and equipment training to support goal-based rehabilitation and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Car driver with valid UK licence and ability to use car for patient visits in the community.
• Experience with stroke patients and knowledge of stroke rehabilitation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing and co-ordinating physiotherapy assessment and treatment for a caseload of stroke patients in the NGH Community Stroke Team.
• Managing and co-ordinating treatment, care and rehabilitation for patients on the caseload with patient, family and carers at home or place of care.
• Supervising, appraising and developing band 5 physiotherapists, band 4 and 3 staff and student physiotherapists in the team.
• Supporting band 7 and 8 staff in managing and planning the stroke rehabilitation services, deputising for Physiotherapy team lead as required.
• Assessing and treating stroke patients with complex presentations to determine appropriate interventions using evidence-based practice.
• Developing specialised stroke skills, including therapeutic handling for challenging cases.
• Identifying organisational changes that affect NGH stroke services and acting accordingly.
• Recording information generated after assessments and treatments.
• Maintaining knowledge of equipment and participating in risk assessment, maintenance and training.

Skills

Car driver, valid UK licence

Stroke rehabilitation knowledge

Job description

Essentials For This Role

• Car driver, valid UK drivers licence and able to use car for patient visits in the community
• Worked with stroke patients and have knowledge of how to deliver stroke rehabilitation. Applications will not be considered without these knowledge and skills.

Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team (N-CST) has delivered a robust Integrated Community Stroke Service model (ICSS), as per the national guidelines, for over a decade. N-CST continues to see patients within 48 hours of discharge home, for rehabilitation assessment and intensive goal-based rehabilitation. The patients time with the team is needs based and patients can access any of the other services they require, regardless of time post stroke. Rehabilitation is completed by a stroke specialist MDT, that includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses, Rehabilitation Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants and Admin staff. The team also has face to face exercise groups and six-month reviews.

• Responsible for providing and co-ordinating physiotherapy assessment and treatment for a caseload of stroke patients in the NGH Community Stroke Team
• Responsible with the MDT for managing and co-ordinating treatment, care and rehabilitation for patients on the caseload in conjunction with the patient, family and carers within the patient’s own home or place of care
• Supervise, appraise and develop band 5 physiotherapists, band 4 and 3 staff and student physiotherapists in the team
• Support band 7 and 8 staff in managing and planning the stroke rehabilitation services, deputising for Physiotherapy team lead as required.
• To take a role in the specialist assessment and treatment of stroke patients who may have complex presentation, to determine the physiotherapeutic interventions indicated to provide the best outcome for the individual using evidence-based practice and establish clinical reasoning and knowledge where recommendations may not agree.
• To utilise and further develop specialised skills for stroke, including therapeutic handling (e.g. ability to move complex patients from bed to chair).
• To identify organisational changes within NGH and external influences which will effect NGH stroke services and act accordingly.
• To record information that has been personally generated following assessment and treatments.
• Build safe working knowledge of all equipment used to provide patient care and participate in risk assessment, maintenance and training.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Bennett Job title: Community Stroke Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01604544275