Specialist Physiotherapist

Job summary

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation trust are one of the largest integrated organisations in the Country, providing hospital and community services to a population over 650,000. We are an ambitious and innovative organisation with a talented workforce of over 7,000 colleagues. Our vision is to be Right first time, every time and our mission is to provide safe, compassionate and joined up care to the population of County Durham and Darlington.

Do you have enthusiasm and motivation to take on new challenges within our forward-thinking Trust?

-Are you an excellent team worker but also have the drive to lead and influence change?

-Do you strive or aspire to provide seamless holistic patient centred care with a progressive multi-disciplinary team?

We are looking for a dynamic Specialist Physiotherapist to join our Countywide Community Neuro Rehab Team. The post will be based at Chester-le-Street Community Hospital and cover North Durham.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the organisation the post holder will independently manage their own caseload in the community providing goal lead interventions following a comprehensive assessment. You will develop a highly specialist knowledge of many neurological conditions and the application of the physiotherapy process with these patients.

Opportunities to:

-Develop skills in holistic assessing beyond the scope of your traditional Physiotherapy practice.

-Develop your supervisory, leadership and service development skills.

-Support assistant staff and help with their development

-Lead and participate in peer support and In-Service-Training

-Work within a dynamic Multi-Disciplinary Team

Job responsibilities

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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