Senior First Contact Physiotherapist in Hitchin

Location: Hitchin

Hours: This post is 30 hours taken over 4 days between Monday to Friday.

An exciting opening has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated specialist physiotherapist with neurological experience to join our team at Stagenhoe in Hitchin. This post would offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work in a leadership role as well as to be an integral part of an excellent team that provides comprehensive rehabilitation and support to our residents.

Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. Stagenhoe is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Hertfordshire, caring for people aged 18 and over a range of neurological conditions. The clinical team consists of Nurses, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy who are supported by Health care assistants and Therapy assistants.

The ideal candidate must be a HCPC registered physiotherapist and have neurological, respiratory and management experience at a Senior (Band 7 equivalent) level.

• Responsible for overseeing service delivery from referral to discharge to ensure treatment programmes are planned and delivered effectively.
• To be responsible for leading clinical governance activity within the team with regard to clinical risk management and for implementing clinical governance policies, standards and guidelines.
• Responsible for ensuring a high standard of service, delivered within local and national guidelines and within the resources available.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy intervention to meet the assessed needs of service users.
• To monitor attendance of mandatory and other required training for members of team.
• To improve own and others research and development skills through participation in audit projects.

Suitable applicants will have a degree/diploma within physiotherapy and be HCPC registered. Relevant post-registration training and experience and relevant leadership experience and training in a health/social care setting. Evidence of Continued Professional Development. Proven experience of working in an appropriate service across healthcare settings. Experience of working with clients with moderate to advanced neurological disease and disability. Highly specialist knowledge and application of neurological therapy assessments and interventions using complex level clinical reasoning. Seating and postural care experience desirable and respiratory competency essential.

A competitive salary of £49,387 - £56,515 per annum FTE. ~38 Days AL (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata). ~ Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). ~ Excellent training and support. ~ Company Pension. ~ Group life assurance. ~ Eye voucher scheme. ~ Long service and staff awards. ~ Free parking.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

Please contact Jenny Woodgate (Physiotherapy Clinical Lead) at Jennifer.org or if this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by sending your CV to css. Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.