Specialist Physiotherapist

Job summary

As one of the UK's largest and most passionate NHS Trusts, we can offer you more as a Physiotherapist. Greater room to grow your skills and career. More than 8,000 experts to learn from. And exhilarating, varied work that matters to more people. As a key part of our big, passionate team, you'll find it all here. With close to 1m patients and award-winning services across North West London, we're looking for a talented Physiotherapist to join us who's wholehearted and committed to their development.

We have an exciting opportunity to join the neuro physiotherapy band 6 rotations at Northwick Park Hospital, with opportunities also at Ealing Hospital and with our Early Supported Discharge team.

Further opportunities exist to develop the rotations including neuro caseloads based at other trust sites. As a multi-site trust, you will be required to work on all sites as part of your employment.

Main duties of the job

The rotations include:

The Regional Hyperacute Rehabilitation level 1 Unit serving patients with complex neurological disability.

A dynamic interdisciplinary Neurological Rehabilitation Service for acute neurological inpatients.Treating a wide variety of conditions including head injury, stroke, spinal injury, MS & PD.

Neuro outpatients.

An award winning stroke service including Hyper Acute stroke, Acute stroke rehab and Stroke ESD.

The post will allow you to develop your therapeutic, interdisciplinary and management skills. There is a high level of clinical support from highly specialist senior therapists, with a wide range of experience and knowledge across all areas.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.