Stroke Physiotherapy Team Lead

An exciting opportunity to join the Stroke Unit at Wye Valley NHS Trust on a nine-month, fixed-term, full-time contract.

Hereford Stroke Unit is a 26-bed unit comprising six acute beds and 20 subacute and rehabilitation beds. Patients may stay on the ward for up to six weeks to receive inpatient rehabilitation. The caseload consists predominantly of patients following stroke, however, the successful candidate will also assess and treat patients with general medical and other neurological conditions, including those requiring tracheostomy management.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Physiotherapist with experience in stroke care, confidence in managing patients with respiratory needs, and an interest in working across both the acute and rehabilitation pathways. The successful candidate will have the skills and confidence to support, supervise and develop qualified and non-registered staff.

You will be joining a supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team that promotes patient-centred care, self-management and collaborative working. There will be opportunities to further develop your clinical assessment and treatment skills, provide clinical leadership to a small team, support the development of colleagues and contribute to service improvement initiatives., The post holder will be based in the Acute Hospital working predominantly on the Medical and Respiratory wards whilst providing cross cover for the surgical wards and ITU .

This post may include working with adults and/or children. The Band 7 Therapist will be responsible for and participate in 7 day working and for Physiotherapists (where appropriate) to join the on call rota.

This post would suit an experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist looking to progress into a Band 7 role, or an established Band 7 Physiotherapist with a passion for stroke care, rehabilitation and service development.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust & Worcester Acute.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.