Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

The focus of this post is to provide clinical input and leadership support to the electrical stimulation services, primarily involving the assessment for and monitoring ongoing use of FES to assist walking. The user groups for this are people with neurological impairment of walking, for example MS or stroke

In addition the service collects both video and instrumented gait analysis data; including kinematics, kinetics, EMG and physical examination. The post holder will primarily involved with the observational video gait analysis of inpatients and outpatients, including those in amputee rehabilitation and inpatient neurological rehabilitation patients. All services are delivered alongside Clinical Scientists who provide technical and clinical expertise and will support effective service delivery. There is scope to build into support of the instrumented gait analysis service as the post holder develops their gait analysis skills. They would be responsible for data interpretation and reporting, along with presenting at multidisciplinary meetings where relevant. Data collection sessions are conducted alongside Clinical Scientists who provide technical expertise throughout and will also report and present data at MDTs in a similar way.

Main duties of the job

The focus of this post is to provide clinical input and leadership support to the electrical stimulation services, primarily involving the assessment for and monitoring ongoing use of FES to assist walking. The user groups for this are people with neurological impairment of walking, for example MS or stroke

In addition the service collects both video and instrumented gait analysis data; including kinematics, kinetics, EMG and physical examination. The post holder will primarily involved with the observational video gait analysis of inpatients and outpatients, including those in amputee rehabilitation and inpatient neurological rehabilitation patients. All services are delivered alongside Clinical Scientists who provide technical and clinical expertise and will support effective service delivery. There is scope to build into support of the instrumented gait analysis service as the post holder develops their gait analysis skills. They would be responsible for data interpretation and reporting, along with presenting at multidisciplinary meetings where relevant. Data collection sessions are conducted alongside Clinical Scientists who provide technical expertise throughout and will also report and present data at MDTs in a similar way.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton, home to the majority of the Wolfson neurorehabilitation services, spasticity services and amputee rehabilitation; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the physiotherapy service at St George's Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital (Roehampton) and St John's Therapy Centre. This post is part of the Neurosciences Highly Specialised Physiotherapy rotation scheme in the following areas: Neurosurgery, Neuro-Outreach, Acute Stroke (HASU and ASU), Tertiary acute neurology, Neuro-outpatients (including vestibular rehabilitation), Community Neuro Team and Neuro-rehabilitation. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to people with neurological conditions.