An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate Physiotherapist to join our dedicated therapy team on the stroke unit at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
In this role, you will collaborate with an experienced multidisciplinary team (MDT) specializing in stroke and neurology, providing a superb environment for both newly qualified physiotherapists and those with experience looking to expand and consolidate their knowledge in stroke rehabilitation.
Our inpatient stroke unit offers comprehensive care, including hyper acute, acute, and rehab/recovery phases, with strong links to the community to ensure outstanding patient outcomes. If you are committed to making a difference in stroke rehabilitation and eager to work in a supportive and dynamic team, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
* Providing quality patient care and assessments
* Assessing patients for equipment needs
* Assessing and advising around discharge destinations
* Leading your own caseload
* Progressing patients towards their rehabilitation goals
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role. Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
* Skills and knowledge in core specialities and the appropriate physiotherapy application
* Good communication, time management and organisational skills
* Good clinical reasoning skills
* Good decision making skills
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Physiotherapy, BSc(Hons) or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy or equivalent (or pending 2017)
* HCPC Registration
Further Training
Essential
* Clinical updates relevant to specialities on rotation programme
Experience
Essential
* Core clinical placements encountered during the undergraduate training
* Experience of working in the health service
Desirable
* non core clinical placements encountered during the three year period of undergraduate training
Contractual
Essential
* Participation in Physiotherapy On-call service
* 7 day working
* Ability to travel between Trust sites
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
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