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Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and ambitious Physiotherapist with a strong interest in Neuro Rehabilitation? We have an exciting opportunity for you!  

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Neuro Outpatient Rehabilitation Team here at UHCW NHS Trust.  

This is a perfect job for an experienced Band 5 or current Band 6 Physiotherapist who is looking for a new opportunity to develop their neurology and leadership skills further.

This role will allow you to work in a friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary environment with a focus on developing clinical skills and improve the services we provide for our patients.

You will be well supported by the Band 7 Team Leader and other experienced Neuro Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and clinical psychologist in supervisions, peer reviews and formulations. We have close links with the Coventry and Warwickshire Regional Parkinson’s Service and UHCW MS Team.

You will be working closely with our therapy support worker and assistance practitioner and take an active role in supervising junior members of the team and students to support them to develop their neurological skills.

The successful candidate will be treating clients aged 18 and older and you will be providing high quality client-led and goal focused rehabilitation across a wide variety of long-term neurological conditions.

If you need further information or would like to have a look round the Rehabilitation Unit, please contact us. 

Main duties of the job

• Using specialist and evidence based/ client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in an Out-Patient Neurological Rehabilitation Unit.
• To utilise individual and/or Manage a caseload of patients with varying neurological diagnosis and or /complex needs, group work skills as appropriate in order to achieve agreed therapeutic goals.
• To have a specialist knowledge of a range of neurological conditions and to use this specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to plan and provide clinical interventions in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure development of junior staff and undergraduate Physiotherapy students through supervision, training and annual appraisal.
• Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice & service development within area.
• Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Physiotherapy service.
• Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.

**Please be advised that interviews are scheduled for 17th July 2024**

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.