Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

6 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom University College London Hospitals Full time

About the Role

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to lead the physiotherapy team in Stroke Services at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Main Responsibilities

  • Lead the physiotherapy team in HASU & ASU, ensuring a high-quality standard of care.
  • Develop the physiotherapy service in Stroke in response to clinical governance, clinical risk, and clinical effectiveness, based on current guidelines, national initiatives, and current evidence.
  • Ensure services are responsive and accessible, including organisation of the 7-day physiotherapy service rota.
  • Supervise, support, and advise the physiotherapists in their team, enhancing their clinical reasoning and ensuring timely and appropriate transfer along the stroke pathway.
  • Be an expert physiotherapy practitioner for stroke, assessing and treating patients with complex needs (physical, cognitive, and respiratory) and working alongside the MDT to help the patient reach their maximum potential.
  • Accountable for own professional development.
  • Lecture/teach students and qualified staff locally, nationally, and internationally.
  • Lead in research projects, audits, and service evaluations, publishing work as appropriate.
  • Network with other specialist therapists, medical colleagues, special interest groups, and other services, particularly across NCL.
  • Timely and accurate collection and analysis of data (including SSNAP), reflecting the full range of physiotherapy provision within stroke services.
  • Performance management and respond to informal grievances as required.
  • Assist or lead in the recruitment and selection of physiotherapy staff, and other members of the MDT as requested.

About Our Organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom, and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

  • University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
  • Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
  • University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
  • Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
  • University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
  • The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
  • University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal, and oral disease. It has world-class support services, including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine, and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.



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