Highly Specialist Physiotherapist - Community Neuro Rehab

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond – come and take your place with us.

Job overview

Would you like to come to work within a dynamic and innovative Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team?

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated individual to work within a dynamic and innovative Community Neuro-rehabilitation Team (CNRT) to provide highly specialist individualised patient care for people living with neurological and complex stroke conditions, often with interesting and varied range of cognitive disorders.

The CNRT is an inter-disciplinary team, comprising of a Neuropsychologist and a Neuropsychology Assistant, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, a Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist, Apprentice Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist, and Therapy Practitioners. We provide person-centred neurorehabilitation in partnership with adults who have a neurological condition. Our interventions take place in the person’s home, their local community settings and/or health out-patient/clinic facilities.

Consideration will be given to part time working, minimum 30 hours per week

Main duties of the job

You will be professionally supervised and supported by the Clinical Lead and the Neuropsychologist. You will take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of this diverse patient population, to give our patient group the opportunity to reach their full potential; the team’s end focus being to enhance participation and lifestyle choices. You will communicate effectively at all levels, provide high quality care that is responsive to patient need, supervise more junior staff, lead on specific short-term projects identified by the Clinical Lead and participate in the established work-based learning programme. You will work at various locations, as well as cross boundaries, to treat HMR registered patients both as a lone worker and as part of the team.

The post holder will have significant experience working within the field of neurological rehabilitation and will have evidence of post graduate training relevant to neurorehabilitation. The post holder will have a have a full UK driving license; access to a vehicle is essential in carrying out the duties of the post.

We would welcome applications from innovative and confident clinicians with a passion for delivering the highest possible care to our patients and service users.

Working for our organisation

Rochdale Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place destined to be different; Rochdale puts co-operation and co-design at the forefront of its health and social care. Through our core values of Respect, Accountability, Patient and People focus and Continuous Improvement through learning and innovation; we are a place leading the way in life-enhancing, integrated care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, please read the Job Description and Person Specification located in supporting documents. You can find more information about working within the Northern Care Alliance in the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme, we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC Registered
• Member of CSP
• Physiotherapy degree or equivalent
• Post Grad training in relevant specialist
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable criteria

• member of special interest group relevant to speciality
• MSC Courses relevant to speciality

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration NHS experience including B6 in the speciality
• Evident of working within acute and community settings
• Working as a team member / inter-dependent practioner

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.

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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.