Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Typically Monday- Friday 08:00- 16:00, flexible working applications considered in line with Trust policy.)
- Job ref
- 236-SCO-P222-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Floyd Unit Neurorehabilitation Centre
- Town
- Rochdale
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Physiotherapist Neurorehabilitation
Band 6
Job overview
Due to on-going service re-configurations across the NCA an exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated, dedicated, and innovative Physiotherapist to join the Floyd Unit Intermediate Neurorehabilitation Unit situated in Rochdale. The post is a permanent full- time band 6 opportunity. With ongoing development of the inpatient neurorehabilittaion services there may be future rotational opportunities.
The Floyd Unit has a supportive multi-disciplinary led team with direct clinical and professional support provided by the AHP Lead, Band 7 and Band 6 Physiotherapists. In addition, the Floyd unit has recently transferred its Operational and Professional management to the Manchester Centre for Neurosciences (MCCN) directorate at SRFT and therefore also benefits from their specialist support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder would be based at the Floyd Unit providing assessment, treatment planning and interventions to Neurorehabilitation patients admitted to the unit. The Floyd unit offers in-patient specialist Neurorehabilitation for patients with a range of Neurological conditions including Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired brain injury and Spinal Cord
Alongside your clinical duties you would be expected to contribute to ongoing and planned service and team developments within wider Neurorehabilitation MDT.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a member of the physiotherapy service this role involves working as a part of the well-established multi-disciplinary team at Floyd Unit which includes: Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant; rehabilitation nurses; physiotherapy; occupational therapy; speech and language therapists; dietitian; rehabilitation support workers, Neuropsychology services and a complex discharge co-ordinator.
The physiotherapy team provide specialist neurorehabilitation to service users who have a wide variety of impairments as a result of neurological injury or illness including: traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, Guillain barre syndrome, multiple sclerosis (MS), infections of the brain or other inflammatory conditions of the peripheral or central nervous system.
The physiotherapy team provide advanced assessment and individually tailored programmes to patients with complex and/or chronic presentation, based on the physical goals set in collaboration with the patient.
The Band 6 physiotherapist supports the Band 7 in operational duties and takes a lead role in quality improvement projects and ongoing physiotherapy service objectives.
Key professional duties include:
- To undertake advanced assessment and treatment of patients within neurorehabilitation services, who may have complex and /or chronic presentation.
- To have specialist skills in the holistic assessment of the needs of patients who have significant neurological injury or condition.
- Assess and treat own caseload of patients who have complex presentations and maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner.
- To support the Band 7 physiotherapist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the Physiotherapy Service provided on a day-to-day basis, and to provide cover when required.
- To monitor and improve standards of care by efficient use of resources, data collection, clinical audit.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining patient and own records.
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: http://www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training relevant to neurorehabilitation
- BSc / MSc in related area e.g. sports science / neurorehabilitation
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- CSP member
- Relevant Special Interest Group member (e.g. ACPIN)
Knowledge Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post registration NHS experience including working across core clinical areas, and with patients of neurological presentation at Band 5 level or above
- Evidence of a wide clinical theoretical base and specialist knowledge in assessment and treatment of patients with neurological presentation
- Evidence of contribution to service improvement / development
- Evidence of supervising other staff and students and completion of clinical educators course
Desirable criteria
- To have experience of complex decision-making processes including where capacity decisions may be required.
- Knowledge of National Guidelines / Standards pertinent to the Neurorehab pathway
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Well-developed communication skills
- Evidence of working within an MDT
- Flexibility
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Evidence of CPD
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- To have experience of complex discharge planning and processes e.g. CHC.
- To be a car driver
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
- Catherine Blakemore
- Job title
- AHP Lead for Floyd Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07546656130
- Additional information
Team Lead/ Band 7 Physio- Philip Adelusola
01706 517610
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