Neuro Physiotherapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Neuro Physiotherapist to be part of the CHD Rehabilitation team. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing a specialist physiotherapy service to inpatient neurorehab patients. They will be expected to manage and supervise rehabilitation assistants as part of this role.

Contractual Benefits

• £350 personal training allowance (on a pro rata basis for part time staff)
• £1000 for every completed year of service -subject to tax and NI deductions (on a pro rata basis for part time staff)
• Reimbursement upon supplied evidence of professional registration renewal
• 30 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a friend reward scheme
• Reimbursement of a Blue light card
• Free meal for staff on shift

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist physiotherapy to contribute to the high-quality assessment, evidenced based treatment and discharge planning of patients with neurological injury. This includes both inpatient neurorehabilitation and long-term disability management.

The post holder will provide pre-admission assessment to those with complex presentations and work in conjunction with the Clinical Head of Rehab Service and care home manager to determine suitability for rehabilitation or placement within our service.

They will contribute to the therapy teams functions such as rota planning, service development and in-service training.

About us

CHD Living are proud to be an award-winning, family-owned and operated group of care home, rehabilitation & home care services in Surrey, Hampshire & South London. CHD Rehabilitation are established and NHS preferred providers for acquired brain injury and neurorehabilitation. We have a strong focus on facilitating the very best possible recovery of those in our care, combined with enabling patients to live as independently as possible in a stimulating and home-like environment.

We deliver comprehensive, neurological rehabilitation packages which include complex nursing care, intensive therapy packages, long term disability management and slow-stream rehabilitation. This is an opportunity to work with a diverse and complex caseload, which include individuals with prolonged disorders of consciousness, traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury and progressive neurological conditions.

We are committed to continuing the professional development of our staff. The therapy department has a structured in-service training programme, a yearly staff training budget and encourage staff to attend both internal and external courses to support their development.

Job responsibilities

• To provide neuro specialist Physiotherapy assessment and intervention to patients with neurological conditions at CHD Rehabilitation
• This role is supervised by the Clinical Head of Rehabilitation
• To use clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments using a client-centred approach and current evidence base to assess, treat, implement, evaluate and document Physiotherapy interventions.
• To be responsible for the assessment, treatment, implementation and documentation of Physiotherapy interventions for patients with neurological conditions.
• To supervise and develop Junior therapy staff and assistants.
• To be responsible for the education of Physiotherapy Students on placement Practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy Qualification - Current HCPC Registration - Member of CSP

Experience

• A range of post graduate Physio experience in a variety of relevant core specialties - Experience of working as a Physiotherapist within Neurorehabilitation and with patients with complex conditions - Excellent assessment, management & treatment skills - Excellent clinical reasoning skills - Excellent time management and organisational skills - Ability to present complex information in a comprehensible way - Experience of working within an MDT - 2 years post graduate experience
• Experience of supervision of Physiotherapists, Rehab Assistants or Physiotherapy Students - Completion of Clinical Educators course - Proven teaching ability and education experience to provide training to carers and nursing staff - Evidence of service development - Relevant post-graduate course attendance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.