Physiotherapist Neurological Rehabilitation/Spinal Cord Injuries

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Neurological Rehabilitation/Spinal Cord Injuries

Permanent

Part Time- 26.25 hours per week (may include weekend and extended days)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as a Band 6 Physiotherapist. The Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre is one of the twelve specialist centres across the UK, that provides specialist care and rehabilitation for patients with spinal cord injury.

There will be opportunities to develop your Neurological, Musculo-skeletal and Respiratory assessment and treatment skills. You would be working across a ward and therapy gym environment with additional opportunities to rehabilitate within our hydrotherapy pool. There are also services provided within an outpatient and community setting.

We are passionate about service development and quality improvement, therefore we ensure to provide learning opportunities through fortnightly therapy in-service training, a monthly multi-disciplinary team journal club and networking opportunities.

We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team to strive for patient centred care. As part of your role, you will be involved in supporting students through their placements and developing our new graduates within a preceptorship programme.

We are looking for a candidate who has experience within neurology/spinal cord injury. If you believe you have the skills that we are looking for and are ready for a positive challenge, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To assess and treat patients within the inpatient, outpatient, or Community setting.

To assist Clinical Therapy Manager/Team Leader in service development and the provision of a quality service.

To take responsibility for junior members of staff and delegate duties as necessary, always providing an appropriate level of support.

To meet the Therapy, Community and Continued Care Service objectives.

To cover for absence when required within the Community and Departments of Southport & Ormskirk Hospital Trust · To take part in the On Call Respiratory rota if applicable.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

​​​​​​SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:
Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.

For further details about this role including the main responsibilities, please see attached job description and person specification.

Advertising Date: 7th May 2024

Closing Date: 16th May 2024

Shortlisting Date: 17th May 2024

Interview Date: 24th May 2024

Please be aware this vacancy may close if a sufficient number of applicants is reached.