Clinical Lead Physiotherapist in Orpington

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are pleased to offer this new role of Clinical Lead Physiotherapist to support expansion in the Spasticity service at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

• To work at an advanced level in the field of neurorehabilitation, by receiving referrals, undertaking full assessment and independently diagnosing and then planning individual, specialised, evidence-based, treatment programmes for patients appropriately depending on the physiotherapist’s diagnosis.
• To deliver or work towards extending own scope of practice within the field of rehabilitation and Spasticity.
• To have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, including those with highly complex and diverse conditions.
• To use advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to advise, guide and teach senior staff, assessment and management of patients with a wide range of neurological conditions and related problems.

Communication

• To demonstrate expert ability to communicate effectively with others and be able to persuade and motivate others, including staff and patients.
• To develop and maintain close working relationships with physiotherapy colleagues and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To represent the Trust at local, national and international events or meetings.

Management and Administration

• To manage teams of physiotherapy staff, ensuring they meet service priorities and work effectively and efficiently.
• To be responsible for the daily management, supervision and co-ordination of the physiotherapy services related to the Spasticity clinic service.
• To take a lead role in Clinical Governance in the neurorehabilitation team.

Training, Education and Research

• To keep abreast of new developments generally within physiotherapy, and within the area of neurological conditions particularly.
• To ensure the provision of an appropriate planned and relevant in-service training programme for the team.
• To monitor and assess competency of team members in clinical techniques related to neurorehabilitation, spasticity management and extended scope physiotherapy.

Person specification

• Degree or other recognized qualification in physiotherapy.
• Extensive specialist experience in neurology including acute and rehab.
• Good assessment skills showing advanced clinical reasoning.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to process and share highly complex information.

All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.