An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist working within Stroke Services at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Band 8A physiotherapist to be responsible for the organisation and running of the physiotherapy team within Stroke Services at NHNN.
They will have highly developed, diverse experience in the assessment and treatment/management of patients following stroke. They will be an integral expert member of the MDT within Stroke Services and will work closely with the Consultant Physiotherapist in Stroke & Rehabilitation (Band 8b) to provide a comprehensive and highly specialist service to patients following stroke. They will be working closely with other members of this dynamic and will have a commitment to enhanced weekend working on a Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays.
Applicants must have significant experience working within neurology and stroke rehabilitation and managing a team, including supervision and teaching and training physiotherapists and undergraduate and postgraduate students. They will be involved in Physiotherapy research with a view to producing material for publication.
As a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, you will be responsible for ensuring that the patients’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality standards of care and for ensuring the service meets SSNAP targets and National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke.

Lead the physiotherapy team in HASU & ASU, ensuring a high-quality standard of care.

Develop the physiotherapy service in Stroke in response to clinical governance, clinical risk and clinical effectiveness and based on current guidelines, national initiatives and current evidence.

Ensure services are responsive and accessible, including organisation of the 7-day physiotherapy service rota.

Supervise, support, and advise the physiotherapists in their team, enhancing their clinical reasoning and ensuring timely and appropriate transfer along the stroke pathway.

Be an expert physiotherapy practitioner for stroke, assessing and treating patients with complex needs (physical, cognitive and respiratory) and working alongside the MDT to help the patient reach their maximum potential.

Accountable for own professional development.

Lecture/teach students and qualified staff locally, nationally and internationally.

Lead in research projects, audits and service evaluations, publishing work as appropriate.

Network with other specialist therapists, medical colleagues, special interest groups and other services, particularly across NCL.

Timely and accurate collection and analysis of data (including SSNAP), reflecting the full range of physiotherapy provision within stroke services.

Performance management and respond to informal grievances as required.

Assist or lead in the recruitment and selection of physiotherapy staff, and other members of the MDT as requested.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicin e

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.