Highly Specialised Physiotherapist in neurosciences

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the dynamic & innovative physiotherapy department at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. We are looking for an experienced & highly motivated Band 7 physiotherapist to join Therapy and Rehabilitation services for a fixed term contract of 1 year.

All Band 7 PT staff work with well-established interdisciplinary teams & rotate through specialised service areas including the Neuro Rehabilitation Unit, Neuro Outpatients, Spasticity, Functional Neurological Disorders, FES/Orthotics & Neuro in-patients (Neurology, Neurosurgery & Stroke Services).

Band 7 rotations offer the opportunity to further develop skills in the assessment & management of patients with a wide range of complex & rare neurological disabilities. You must have substantive postgraduate experience in a physical, neurological setting.

Effective communication & a positive approach to the management of complex disability are essential. Regular supervision & support for continued professional development is offered, & the opportunity to work on projects within your peer group.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Fran Brander (020 344 83630 or 07908 506623) Consultant Physiotherapist, Anne Rodger (020 3448 3438 or 07852 220407), Consultant Physiotherapist, or Matt Pountain (07961 228341), Therapy Team Lead for Neurosurgery, NHNN.

For job description and application form please contact HR department.

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•        Provide specialist clinical skills; assessing & treating patients with complex neurological presentations, using advanced manual techniques & clinical reasoning skills to determine impairments & disabilities, & to formulate a diagnosis/hypothesis & prognosis.
• Plan timely, effective discharges, collaborating with the wider MDT.
• Nationwide resource to patients and physiotherapy colleagues in other trusts, on complex neurological disability, advising them as appropriate.
•  Demonstrate an awareness of current developments in neurological physiotherapy integrating, as appropriate, the available evidence into clinical practice, including national guidelines.
•  Take part in the emergency respiratory physiotherapy on call & weekend rotas (emergency & HASU cover). To work as a lone practitioner when on call & often when working the weekend.
• Responsible for the daily management, professional development, clinical supervision & coordination of their designated team and physiotherapy students.
• To be a panel member in staff recruitment as required by the band 8 physiotherapists.
• Accountable for own professional development.
• Effective communication with all staff, patients, families & differing services within the community.
• Sensitive dealing of complaints, avoiding escalation.
• Evidence based audit and research projects to further own & team’s clinical practice relevant to the area.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  

·       University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)  

·       National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery  

·       Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital  

·       Eastman Dental Hospital  

·       Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine  

·       University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre  

·       The Hospital for Tropical Diseases  

·       University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street  

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.