Senior Specialist Physiotherapist

About you:

Suitable applicants will have a degree/diploma within physiotherapy and be HCPC registered.

Relevant post-registration training and experience and relevant leadership experience and training in a health/social care setting

Evidence of Continued Professional Development

Proven experience of working in an appropriate service across healthcare settings

Experience of working with clients with moderate to advanced neurological disease and disability

Demonstrable experience of evidence-based practice, research, audit and outcome measures

Highly specialist knowledge and application of neurological therapy assessments and interventions using complex level clinical reasoning. Seating and postural care experience desirable and respiratory competency essential

Evidence of managing a team of staff including setting objectives, appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata

A competitive salary of £49,387 - £56,515 per annum FTE

38 Days AL (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata)

Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year

Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Further information can be found at www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Excellent training and support

Company Pension

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Long service and staff awards

Free parking

Senior Specialist Physiotherapist

Responsible for the day-to-day management and leadership of staff within the service and provide support to staff as required

To provide on-site leadership for the team and take an active role in service developments through the use of service user participation strategies, peer review, audit, and evaluation of outcome measures

Responsible for overseeing service delivery from referral to discharge to ensure treatment programmes are planned and delivered effectively

To maintain an awareness of the caseloads of the team to ensure the most effective and efficient service is provided.

To be responsible for leading clinical governance activity within the team with regard to clinical risk management and for implementing clinical governance policies, standards and guidelines.

Responsible for ensuring a high standard of service, delivered within local and national guidelines and within the resources available. To ensure documentation produced by other members of the team is in line with professional and Brainkind standards

To be responsible to chair interdisciplinary team meetings and review meetings as appropriate

To work with other professionals in managing operational issues of services which cross organisational boundaries

To hold responsibility for managing own caseload within an agreed defined clinical area

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy intervention to meet the assessed needs of service users

To monitor attendance of mandatory and other required training for members of team

To improve own and others research and development skills through participation in audit projects

Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

Contract type: Permanent

Location: York

Hours: 22.5 hours (3 days per week)

You can look forward to excellent benefits including: