Specialist Physiotherapist - Neuroscience Rotation

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 physiotherapist to join the neurosciences therapy department at St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is a rotational post within neurosciences and will cover rotations across acute stroke (ASU and HASU), level 1 and level 2 neuro-rehabilitation, neurology, neuro-outpatients, neuro-outreach, neuro-surgery and CNRT across St George's hospital in Tooting, St John's in Wandsworth and Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton.

The postholder will:

Undertake specialised neurological assessment of own caseload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and from this assessment formulate a treatment plan and carry out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner

Supervise and teach peers, recently qualified physiotherapists, physiotherapy technicians and assistants/students

Be involved in teaching MDT staff

Undertakes evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate

Deputise for physiotherapy team leaders in operational management

Main duties of the job

? Undertakes a specialised neurological assessment of own workload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and from this assessment formulates a treatment plan and carries out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner

? Supervises and teaches peers, recently qualified physiotherapists/physiotherapytechnicians and assistants/students? Involved in teaching MDT staff? Undertakes evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change inpractice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate? Deputise for physiotherapy team leaders in operational management

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).

While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.