Specialist Senior Physiotherapist

at  Northumbria Healthcare NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Physiotherapist in to the care of the elderly team across Northumberland.
The post holder will work with Principle Physiotherapist for Care of the elderly and therapists within the team.
The post holder will lead a team of Physiotherapists, on a day to day basis, providing high quality physiotherapy to elderly patients and also provide a service to the Neuro-out patient clinic and day hospital service. The role will involve daily MDT working therefore experience of working as part of a MDT is essential.
As the COTE service is provided across multiple sites in Northumberland it is essential that the post holder can travel between sites to support the wider team as required.
This post may require assessment centre and/or psychometric testing.
Successful applicants will provide leadership and day to day organisation of the in-patient elderly Physiotherapy service at Berwick and Alnwick. The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients and support robust discharge planning.
Applicant must demonstrate excellent communication skills with Multidisciplinary Teams and peers. Applicants should have experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit.
Applicants must provide evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training related to neurology and elderly care. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in further service development.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services.
To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

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