Job summary
Manchester Local Care Organization is recruiting a motivated and dynamic Lead Physiotherapist to work within the Central MLCO, Community Stroke Team
The service provides rehabilitation for adults following a stroke and also input throughout a stroke survivors life as required. Assessment and intervention take place in a variety of settings including patient's home, residential or nursing homes and community clinics and therefore the candidates are required to have the ability to travel across the city to fulfil the role. The successful candidate will provide leadership for highly skilled physiotherapists within a multidisciplinary team of professionals. They will be competent to manage a caseload of complex cases and be able to develop and support the physiotherapy service and wider team.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop leadership skills in service delivery, change and staff development. They will be passionate in delivering high quality services and have experience of working as part of larger integrated health and social care system.
Main duties of the job
- To act as Lead Physiotherapist for the community stroke team, managing the physiotherapy caseload.
- Supporting team members to deliver on their objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate with the focus being on delivering a high quality and efficient stroke rehabilitation service to patients of all complexity in a variety of settings.
- Act autonomously to manage own caseload with a varying degree of complexity and to lead relevant service developments alongside the service lead.
- To supervise and support staff including junior physiotherapists, rehab assistants and students through supervision sessions, peer support and appraisal.
- Contribute to the development of an annual service plan and workforce management.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of relevant post registration stroke specific training/CPD
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Communication skills training
- Leadership training
- Clinical Educator
- Active member of relevant specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working independently and autonomously
- Specialist knowledge & advanced clinical reasoning skills to underpin clinical assessment, management, and treatment approaches relevant to speciality area
- Proven skills in adult stroke rehabilitation
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experienced in providing clinical leadership and problem-solving skills
- Experience in risk assessment and management
Desirable
- Experience in community stroke rehabilitation
- Recent validated clinical courses
- Excellent knowledge of speciality
- Audit experience
- Research experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Evidence of relevant post registration stroke specific training/CPD
- Registration with the HCPC
Desirable
- Communication skills training
- Leadership training
- Clinical Educator
- Active member of relevant specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience of working independently and autonomously
- Specialist knowledge & advanced clinical reasoning skills to underpin clinical assessment, management, and treatment approaches relevant to speciality area
- Proven skills in adult stroke rehabilitation
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Experienced in providing clinical leadership and problem-solving skills
- Experience in risk assessment and management
Desirable
- Experience in community stroke rehabilitation
- Recent validated clinical courses
- Excellent knowledge of speciality
- Audit experience
- Research 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
