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Job overview

Working within a multi professional team you will gain excellent specialist experience from a range of rotations offered on a 9 monthly basis. 

Option rotations include neurology and neurosurgery inpatients; critical care and respiratory; complex rehabilitation and trauma

As an effective team player you will have excellent organisational skills with an interest in audit and research and a commitment to CPD. 

As part of your role you will provide training and supervision to junior staff, undergraduate students and other relevant health professionals. 

You will be expected to participate in evening and weekend working including 7 day rotas according to the requirements of the service. 

Informal visits / contact are welcome. In the first instance please contact

Ms Jo Haworth, Principal Physiotherapist on 0151 556 3961, [email protected]

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Main duties of the job

1.    To assess and treat patients within designated specialist clinical area.

      2.  To work flexibly according to service needs

3.  To assist Senior Therapy staff in service development and the provision of a quality service.

4. To take responsibility where appropriate, for junior therapy staff and students and delegate duties as necessary, providing appropriate level of support at all times.

5. Under the direction of supervisor and other team members assist with specified areas of service provision as appropriate

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.