# Specialist Physiotherapist – Neuroscience Rotation

**Company**: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £47951.00 to £56863.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 physiotherapist to join the neurosciences therapy department at St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a rotational post within neurosciences and will cover rotations across acute stroke (ASU and HASU), level 1 and level 2 neuro-rehabilitation, neurology, neuro-outpatients, neuro-outreach, neuro-surgery and CNRT across St George's hospital in Tooting, St John's in Wandsworth and Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton.

The postholder will:

- Undertake specialised neurological assessment of own caseload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and from this assessment formulate a treatment plan and carry out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner

- Supervise and teach peers, recently qualified physiotherapists, physiotherapy technicians and assistants/students

- Be involved in teaching MDT staff

- Undertakes evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate

- Deputise for physiotherapy team leaders in operational management

**Main duties of the job**

- Undertakes a specialised neurological assessment of own workload of patients, who may have complex presentations, and from this assessment formulates a treatment plan and carries out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner

- Supervises and teaches peers, recently qualified physiotherapists/physiotherapy technicians and assistants/students

- Involved in teaching MDT staff

- Undertakes evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate

- Deputise for physiotherapy team leaders in operational management

## Skills

### Required
- Physiotherapy
- Neuroscience
- Autonomous practice
- Patient assessment
- Treatment planning
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Evidence-based practice
- Research
- Audit

### Nice to have
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy membership
- Special interest group membership (e.g. ACPIN)
- Teaching experience
- Student supervision experience
- Clinical education experience

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