Highly Specialised Physiotherapist (NRC)

at  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will transform the future of rehabilitation for people who have experienced injury or illness. In preparation for opening of the new centre in summer 2025, the Rehabilitation Directorate Team will support intensive MSK rehabilitation for a group of patients located on Edward 2 ward at Nottingham City Hospital. Joining the Edward 2 team and the National ambition for rehabilitation, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on many people’s lives through being part of their rehabilitation journey and influencing the specialism by pushing the boundaries of rehabilitation forwards with involvement in research and technology.
We are looking for like-minded people to join our team to create the first collaborative specialist clinical rehabilitation centre in the UK sharing capability and expertise with the military in their Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre 400m away within the rehabilitation estate in Nottinghamshire. The NRC is hosted by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and your application will be through this route.
We are looking for an ambitious and dedicated physiotherapist to join this journey to rehabilitation excellence, transforming outcomes for patients. If you were successful you would become a key part of shaping the service going forwards and contribute, with other professional colleagues, to the delivery of the future of rehabilitation.
The post holder will provide an effective highly specialist service in complex rehabilitation including assessment and advice/treatment as well as contributing to the NRC’s national ambition of training, education, research and innovation.
You will be an expert clinical advisor and leader within complex rehabilitation, with experience in trauma and orthopaedics. This will include providing education and training, liaising across the specialty teams, with Therapy colleagues and wider multi-disciplinary teams within NUH, NRC and regionally.
This role will be permanently based at the NRC which plans to open in Summer 2025. In the meantime, the post holder will support preparation for the NRC and will be based on Edward 2 at the City Hospital Campus, trialling MSK pathways for the NRC.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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