Neurology and Stroke Physiotherapist

For further information about this role, please contact Vicki Newton (Therapy Team Leader) via:

Email: ***email_hidden***

Telephone: 01924 541518

About The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to join our Stroke and Neurology team here at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. The team have Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who work across our Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites on the Acute Stroke, Neurology and Rehab wards. You will have the opportunity to work on and gain experience on these units.

You will work alongside experienced senior staff, gaining skills in the assessment and treatment of patients following a stroke and neurological event, in both an acute/hyper acute setting and rehab setting.

This role includes complex discharge planning, cognitive rehab and upper limb rehab.

The service works across 7 days.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Main duties

• To provide advanced physio therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological symptoms. The senior clinician will provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individual treatment programme for this patient.
• To provide leadership and support to junior colleagues in the assessment and management of neurological conditions.
• To provide peer support, supervision and second opinions to members of the relevant Inpatient teams.
• Participate in seven day service for the wards, helping to facilitate assessment and discharges. Participate in the respiratory (on call) rota.
• To be responsible for technical instructors on duty.
• To provide clinical education of physiotherapy students on placement.
• To undertake a management role where appropriate in the clinical setting, where overseeing, planning and implementing objectives for juniors and assistants as necessary.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Key Requirements

Qualifications & Training

• Graduate Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• Registered with the HCPC
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent and relevant postgraduate courses

Experience

• Comprehensive experience at Band 5 level in the assessment and treatment of patients following neurological event
• Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy team and/or multidisciplinary team
• Recent evidence of On-call and respiratory experience
• Involvement in audit, research and an understanding quality issues
• Be the main clinical educator of students and training other staff whilst with the team

Skills And Abilities

• Experience of supervision of other staff, e.g. assistants, technical instructors
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner
• Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies including data protection, equal opportunities, health and safety, risk management and meet the differing needs of the patients
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

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Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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