Job overview

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week. 

We are a team of health and care professional and leaders dedicated to the delivery and development of high-quality community services supporting people to live their best lives in their communities.   

The Countywide directorate covers a comprehensive range of services offering care and support to improve peoples’  physical health and wellbeing, including Long Term Conditions, Equipment and Therapies, Sexual Health, and Dentistry

The Community Neurology Service (CNS)  is a multi-disciplinary team providing specialist rehabilitation and management of long-term neurological conditions.  The service offers practical support, advice and therapy to service users, carers and relatives and other healthcare professionals.  The team includes specialist neurology physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, clinical psychologists, therapy support workers and administrators who are based at Edward Jenner Court.  The CNS delivers its service countywide via home visits, outpatient clinics and virtual or telephone appointments. 

 This post will be responsible for service delivery across the County, including Cotswolds locality (North and South Cotswolds)

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist with extensive postgraduate clinical experience to join GHC NHS Foundation Trust’s  Community Neurology Service (CNS) working predominantly within Cotswold locality.

The Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist  in Stroke/Neurological Rehabilitation services will provide expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with neuro and/or complex presentation.  

You will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team in Gloucestershire, acting as a resource to other medical, nursing, therapy and social services staff and voluntary agencies and as an interface link  with acute colleagues.  You will work alongside Band 5, 6 and 7 Physiotherapy colleagues providing clinical expertise, teaching and service development in the field of neurological rehabilitation.  

Please see the Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Neurological Rehabilitation– Community Neurology Service  job description and person specification attached for the duties of the role. 

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.