Specialist Physiotherapist - Stroke Team - Non UK Residents onlyinLancasterinLancasterPUBLISHED WED 4 DEC 2024
The role requires managing a complex clinical caseload, promoting an inter-disciplinary approach to goal setting, and working closely with patients, families, and healthcare professionals for effective discharge planning. Additional responsibilities include supporting the clinical lead, providing supervision to junior staff, and leading a compassionate and inclusive therapy service. The position encourages continuous professional growth and offers opportunities for research collaboration with local universities.
This post is only open to Non UK Residents only.
For any international applicants, please apply to our other vacancy which is available for "UK Residents Only".
We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Integrated Community Stroke Therapy Team, based at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, working across acute, inpatient rehabilitation and community settings. This advert is for a 12-month fixed-term position and would be appropriate for people wanting to take a secondment opportunity.
Our Stroke Therapy Team operates within a culture of a strong, supportive multi-disciplinary team which consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists as well as Assistant Practitioners. We promote an inter-disciplinary approach to working when supporting patients to set and work towards meeting person centred goals, helping to enable positive rehabilitation outcomes and facilitate timely discharge from hospital.
Our Stroke Therapy Team are committed to facilitating an environment which promotes professional development and engagement with research opportunities both in house and in collaboration with local universities. There is encouragement given to engage with regular clinical and managerial supervision, to help promote personal professional development and an interdisciplinary approach is taken with the facilitation of clinical supervision for our Assistant Practitioners.
To manage a complex clinical caseload, providing specialised assessment & rehabilitation for patients following a Stroke.
Use assessment skills to help inform & manageappropriate discharge working across inpatient &community settings.
Have an ability to promote an inter-disciplinary approach to goal setting, whilst maintaining a strong Physioclinical focus.
To work collaboratively with the patient, families and other MDT professionals, to help inform discharge & MDT planning.
To be able to delegate work appropriately to Therapy Assistants and Assistant Practitioners to work towards these both in supervised & semi-supervised environments.
To be able to facilitate training for patients, their carers & the wider MDT, promoting meaningful engagement with appropriate therapy exercises, Activities of Daily Living and Moving and Handling requirements.
To support the Band 7 clinical lead in delivering specialised therapy services and support/lead the team in their absence when required.
To provide clinical supervision and leadership to other Physios, Therapy Assistants and Assistant Practitioners, promoting continued engagement with Continuing Professional Development activities.
To provide a compassionate, inclusive &respectful therapy service to all patients & their families.
This job description is not exhaustive & will be reviewed and amended, with thepost holder, when necessary.
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