Specialist Physiotherapist Stroke Pathway
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Specialist Physiotherapist - Calderdale Stroke Pathway Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (up to 37.5) Job ref 372-COM2492
Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Calderdale Royal Infirmary Town Halifax Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 08:00 Interview date 19/05/2025
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visithttps://future.cht.nhs.uk/
To act as a specialist clinician for the Physiotherapy service with stroke patients and supporting the clinical leads with evolving and embedding best practice into the clinical areas.
The posts will be located across the acute stroke and rehabilitation wards at Calderdale Royal Hospital.
The teams are multidisciplinary in nature and so the role will work alongside Occupational therapists, Speech and Language therapists, Dietitians, Specialist stroke nurses, and rehabilitation support staff.
The post will follow the patient’s journey from acute therapy areas, through discharge from hospital, into a suitable community setting supported by the ESD service. The successful candidate will have experience in treating stroke patients and have specialist assessment and therapeutic handling skills .
Main duties of the job
* To manage own specialist caseload in this area.
* To work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date records.
* To carry out specialist assessment and treatment of stroke patients with the aim of facilitating safe and timely discharges and transfer of care.
* Develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
* Take part in the education and training of Physiotherapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social services / education staff including medical staff.
* To support the Clinical lead in the day to day running of the Rehabilitation Team.
* To support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service
* To always follow HCPC standards of practice.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full detail please see Job Description. Overview of duties below:
* To manage own specialist caseload in this area.
* To work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date records.
* To carry out specialist assessment and treatment of stroke patients with the aim of facilitating safe and timely discharges and transfer of care.
* Develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as required.
* Take part in the education and training of Physiotherapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare / social services / education staff including medical staff.
* To support the Clinical lead in the day to day running of the Rehabilitation Team.
* To support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service
* To always follow HCPC standards of practice.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
* Registered with HPC
* Evidence of Postgraduate Training
* Clinical Educator Training
* Neurological manual handling skills
* Willing and able to participate in a competency work based training programme
* Studied at Masters level or equivalent
* Member of Professional Body
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
* Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate care in stroke rehabilitation or other long term neurological conditions
* Good clinical reasoning skills
* Evidence of CPD, self-directed learning and reflective practice
* Awareness of relevant legislation, NSF’/Local and National initiatives
* Understanding of clinical governance
* Critical appraisal skills
* Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
* Teaching/presentation skills
* Rotational experience in stroke rehabilitation
* Experience developing others
* Neurological manual handling skills
* Attendance at relevant specialist interest groups
* Experience in contributing to service improvements e.g. Audit, Patient information
* Experience in dealing with complaints (e.g. diffusing complaints or investigating)
* Experience in supervising and training others
* Carrying out PDR’s
* Manual handling facilitator
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
* Demonstrates positive attitude and behaviours
* Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
* Ability to concentrate and work in conditions requiring emotional demands
* Ability to identify and articulate own training needs
* Self motivated with ability to work independently and influence others
* Proven ability to work well in a team
* Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with routine situations
* Ability to organise own work and caseload
* Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
* Ability to recognise own limitations and have a willingness to share and learn skills from others
* Ability to prioritise own and others caseloads.
Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all.Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers. These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
If you have any questions please contact ask.recruitment@cht.nhs.uk for assistance.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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