Specialist Physiotherapist

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership Trust is now seeking an enthusiastic individual with suitable experience to join their specialist Huntingtons Disease Physiotherapy service. The post will be based at our inpatient Huntingtons disease unit in Narborough and will involve inpatient work and community work.

There has never been a more exciting time to work with Leicestershire Partnership Trust as we transform and bring about innovative changes to the way we deliver services. The trust takes pride in producing and cultivating innovative practitioners and so we are interested in candidates who are big on innovative thinking and progression.

The role would demand sensitivity, flexibility, patience, concentration and an interest in working with this client group. You would be required to work effectively with a multi professional team, have good communication skills and be able to hone the trusts Leadership Behaviours.

The expectation from a successful candidate is that they would be able to work using their own initiative and prioritise their own workload. There will be many opportunities for CPD within the trust as well as ongoing professional support and you will receive clinical and managerial supervision from the Physiotherapy Clinical Team Leader.

Main duties of the job

The role demands working as part of a small multi-disciplinary team providing specialist physiotherapy assessments and interventions to inpatients and community patients. Your assessments and interventions would be based across 2 defined physiotherapy pathways:

Balance and mobility early mid stage HD

Posture management mid-late stage and end stage HD.

Knowledge around falls prevention and management is essential. Knowledge of issues regarding specialist seating and postural management would be considered an advantage.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Stewart House

The Rise

Leicester

LE194SL

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Stewart House

The Rise

Leicester

LE194SL

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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