Senior Physiotherapist

As a qualified and experienced Senior Physiotherapist, you can join The Dean in Gloucester and support vulnerable people with neurological conditions to build a brighter future.

As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will work 37.5 hours per week providing a variety of rehabilitation, including short periods of intense rehab, slow stream rehab, long term rehab, respite breaks and end of life care.

With experience from the NHS or private sector work closely with the multidisciplinary team devising, developing, delivering, and updating individualised neurological rehabilitation and therapy for adults who require specialist rehabilitation and/or complexmedical, respiratory, and nursing care for neurological and/or life-limiting conditions.

As you lead the team of physiotherapists, you will offer supervision and support and deliver specialist training within your professional group and to the wider MDT.

Being a Senior Physiotherapist at The Dean is a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Being an effective communicator in a professional, concise and accurate manner to ensure that information is circulated throughout the whole team
- Promoting good working relationships at all times
- Attending goal planning and MDT meetings
- Producing high-quality, accurate and concise written reports and documentation
- Using reflective practice and established outcome measures to evaluate treatment to achieve optimal outcomes
- Providing support, guidance, and training to therapy and care assistants
- Being responsible for own time management in planning caseload to meet priorities

**To be successful in this role, you'll need**:

- Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent
- At least 3 years post qualifying experience
- Previous experience in neurological rehabilitation
- Respiratory physiotherapy experience
- HPCP registration
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- Knowledge and understanding of treatment approaches and adjuncts to treatment in the management of patients requiring physiotherapy
- Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including reflective practice, multidisciplinary team and community working

**Where you will be working**:
The Dean Neurological Centre has 60 beds in Gloucester (GL2 9EE), which is on the outskirts of the town within easy commute from Gloucester, Cheltenham and surrounding villages.

The Centre delivers specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people living with complex long-term neurological conditions who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability and independent living.

It specialises in slow stream rehabilitation where the emphasis is placed on maximising each individual's abilities, comfort and quality of life.

Bedrooms are fitted with high dependency equipment, including ceiling track hoists built in suction and oxygen equipment. There are also well-equipped therapy spaces and other facilities such as gardens, gym and minibus.