Job summary
- Main area
- Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Community Neurorehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Contract End Date - 08 AUGUST 2025)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-10782
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hammersmith Surgery,
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 per annum, inclusive of HCAS (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist Community Neurorehabilitation
Band 7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, senior physiotherapist to join our multidisciplinary integrated Community Neuro/Stroke ESD Team. This post offers the opportunity to work in the diverse and exciting borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
This role offers an exciting and challenging opportunity to work in our client-focused rehabilitation service. You will be responsible for assessing and treating clients in their own homes, nursing home placements, and in other community settings. The role also involves providing training and education to clients, their families, carers and other professionals.
This role comes at an exciting time when we are working with our partners across North West London, looking at specialist provision for clients with complex neurological conditions who are discharged from Level 1 and Level 2 rehab placements into nursing home settings. Your caseload will mainly be resident in a nursing home environment, with support from a highly skilled wider MDT.
The team’s caseload includes stroke patients referred to our Early Supported Discharge Service, our Specialist Neuro-rehabilitation Outreach Service, delivered in partnership with Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and a wide range of acute and long-term neurological conditions.
Main duties of the job
You will need to be skilled in the assessment and rehabilitation of clients with complex multi-pathologies, including stroke, MS, PD, SCI, MND and brain tumours.
You will need to be a highly skilled communicator, with a passion for service improvement, and and collaberative working across all aspects of the neuro rehab pathway.
You will receive regular supervision as well as support from the Clinical Lead Physiotherapist and you will have the opportunity to develop your own supervision skills through the supervision of junior physiotherapy staff and students.
We offer excellent opportunities for CPD including a comprehensive in-service training programme and opportunities to be involved in audit and service development.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, 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 *T&C’s apply
- 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 personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- Current HCPC registration
- Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
- Attendance at specialist short courses or equivalent CPD activities within the specialist areas related to complex neurology.
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate degree in relevant area
- Member of a Special Interest Group relevant to this post
- Member of CSP / ACPIN
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vickie Yeardley
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825 977212
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