Senior Physiotherapist Neurology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist with substantial experience in the field of neurology, to support the provision and development of our services to the stroke unit ,early supported discharge for stroke, neurology in-patients and neurology out-patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly and successful team; together we are proud to deliver the highest standards of clinical quality, patient care and staff experience.

Your happiness at work is incredibly important to us, and hence, we are committed to supporting your health and wellbeing. Our proud to CARE values and Leading the Chesterfield Way behaviours are firmly embedded across the Trust, whilst our focus on proudly ‘being you’ supports our hospital to be a great place to work.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will be able to evidence post-graduate experience in the fields of acute stroke care and stroke rehabilitation. They will also have experience of the in and out-patient rehabilitation of patients with a wide range of other neurological conditions. Applicants will be responsible, along with the rest of the senior team, for supervising more junior physiotherapists, TI’s and assistants based within the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Trust provides clinical placements for students from Sheffield and Nottingham and applicants will have experience of supporting students on undergraduate placements.

The Trust is committed to supporting and developing staff through appraisals and the supervision process. Senior staff have individual supervision and peer support as well as access to training.

For the full duties and requirements of this post please refer to the job description and the person specification.

This post will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

Please note that successful external candidates will be required to pay for their own DBS Disclosure. The cost will be deducted from the first salary payment. Further details of the Disclosure and Barring Service check will be confirmed upon offer of employment.