Band 8a Clinical Specialist in Stroke

Job summary

A Band 8a Clinical Specialist Neurophysiotherapy post has been created to support the stroke service on Heartlands Hospital site. The post will be supporting the front door stroke service and working closely with ACP and medical colleagues, alongside other AHP colleagues in outpatients and community services as part of our dynamic system wide approach.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative physiotherapist with extensive clinical experience in Stroke rehabilitation at an advanced level. Do you have well developed leadership and influential skills with an ability to lead and an interest and ability to work effectively across a variety of pathways? This post offers you a fantastic opportunity to do all of this and advance your career in a supportive environment. This post offers the post holder the opportunity to develop a skilled neuro therapy workforce to support retention and recruitment.

This post is based at our Heartlands site however, as the Trust is a multi-site organisation you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites and may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.

Applicants will be required to participate in the departmental respiratory overnight on-call system, extended hours and 7 day working rota within the stroke service.

If interested, please contact me on 0121 424 3771 or email: Linzie.bassett@uhb.nhs.uk.

Main duties of the job

*To carry a clinical caseload and work at an advanced level of clinical practice for stroke in patients particularly at the front door, providing a Clinical Specialist role for both Stroke and medical patients with complex needs. This includes optimising multi professional care and improving transfers of care and discharge through direct clinical care and problem resolution.

*To provide robust clinical leadership to the in patient stroke therapy team delivering care for these patients. This is achieved through effective communication, influencing, motivating and inspiring others to deliver high quality care. This includes responding to national initiatives and advising on appropriate clinical delivery and strategy relating to own professions practice.

*To work with senior colleagues in nursing and medicine across a range of specialties to facilitate the delivery of appropriate care planning. This includes acting as the clinical interface with the Clinical Service Leads in the Trust; leading Therapy Services co-ordination of complex cases and clinical pathway management in order that patients are able to achieve their desired outcomes, and to deliver good practice.

*To participate in aspects relating to neurology and stroke therapy services and provides expert clinical advice and guidance on a range of matters relating to neurology pathway delivery. This includes service development and improvement initiatives and addressing clinical challenges.

Job responsibilities

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.