Job summary
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapists to join the stroke unit whilst covering maternity leave.
To post holder will provide high quality assessment and stroke rehabilitation as part of a multidisciplinary team to patients with post-stroke symptoms on Wye ward as part of the specialist stroke service during their inpatient stay on the High Acuity Stroke Unit (HASU) and Acute Stroke Unit (ASU).
Main duties of the job
Providing physiotherapy intervention to patients on the Stroke unit for both acute and rehabilitation patients.
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About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Post Graduate experience with students
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Broad and specialist knowledge of local and national stroke services
- problem solving approach
- evidence of good organisational skills
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- evidence of delegation skills
Personal attributes
Essential
- can manage a caseload indepednently
- able to work as part of an MDT
- Personal and team development
- excellent communication skills
- communicate bad news diplomatically
- Prioritisation of service needs over own caseload
Other
Essential
- Able to meet moving and handling requirements of post with any reasonable adjustments
- Able to meet the travel needs of the post
Experience
Essential
- NHS or equivalent experience stroke specific training
- supervising therapy support workers
Desirable
- Community experience
- Falls experience
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered
- Post Graduate experience with students
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential
- Broad and specialist knowledge of local and national stroke services
- problem solving approach
- evidence of good organisational skills
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- evidence of delegation skills
Personal attributes
Essential
- can manage a caseload indepednently
- able to work as part of an MDT
- Personal and team development
- excellent communication skills
- communicate bad news diplomatically
- Prioritisation of service needs over own caseload
Other
Essential
- Able to meet moving and handling requirements of post with any reasonable adjustments
- Able to meet the travel needs of the post
Experience
Essential
- NHS or equivalent experience stroke specific training
- supervising therapy support workers
Desirable
- Community experience
- Falls experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
