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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
218-AHP-B6-8354869
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Town
Coventry
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/10/2026 23:59

Employer heading

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust logo

Physiotherapist, Neuro Outpatients

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated and ambitious Physiotherapist with a strong interest in Neurological Rehabilitation?

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our friendly and supportive Neuro Outpatient Rehabilitation Team on a part-time basis.

This post is ideal for an experienced Band 5 Physiotherapist looking to progress to Band 6, or a current Band 6 seeking to further develop their neurological rehabilitation and leadership skills.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, patient-centred rehabilitation to adults with a range of long-term neurological conditions.

Support will be provided through regular supervision, peer review and clinical formulation from an experienced Band 7 Team Leader and Specialist Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Clinical Psychologists. The team also has strong links with the Regional Parkinson’s Service and MS Team, offering excellent learning and development opportunities.

The successful candidate will work alongside a Therapy Support Worker and Assistant Practitioner and will have opportunities to support junior staff and students through supervision and teaching.

We are looking for someone passionate about neurological rehabilitation, committed to excellent patient care and keen to contribute to ongoing service development and improvement.

Main duties of the job

  • Using specialist and evidence based/ client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in an Out-Patient Neurological Rehabilitation Unit.
  • To utilise individual and/or manage a caseload of patients with varying neurological diagnosis and or /complex needs, group work skills as appropriate in order to achieve agreed therapeutic goals.
  • To have a specialist knowledge of a range of neurological conditions and to use this specialist knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to plan and provide clinical interventions in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Ensure development of junior staff and undergraduate Physiotherapy students through supervision, training and annual appraisal.
  • Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of clinical practice & service development within area.
  • Contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust Physiotherapy service.
  • Take a lead for information management to ensure high quality data which is recorded, evaluated & reported in a timely manner.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Be professional, legally responsible & accountable for all aspects of own work and activities, to manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload.
  • Carry a clinical caseload of highly complex patients, provide advanced therapeutic assessment & evaluation and provide detailed written treatment plans with patient centred goals working within an out-patient neurological rehabilitation unit.     
  •  Work as an autonomous practitioner and member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to team discussions and influencing decisions about patient care programs, taking on the role of care Co-Ordinator and/ or vocational lead where relevant.
  • Carry out treatment, using a broad variety of modalities and clinical reasoning to allow selection of the most appropriate technique evaluating, modifying and recording all interventions and outcomes & adapting them to meet the needs of the patient.
  • Use highly developed manual treatment skills requiring coordination, sensation & dexterity.
  • Assist in the production and deliver an annual report specific to own clinical area & participate in the delivery of the Therapy business plan.

For further details please see the attached job description.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP. 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • BSc Physiotherapy and evidence of post graduate training in relevant specialist area • HCPC registered • Clinical education training or willingness to complete within one year
Desirable criteria
  • • Formal post grad training relevant to area • First line management course

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Current (or recent) and substantial working experience of neurorehabilitation in either an out-patient or community setting. • Experience of working with individuals with long term health conditions. • Documented evidence of continuing professional development. • Evidence of working in an MDT team. • Experience of service improvement
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of managing staff • Experience of integrated working • Experience of change management

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Specialist knowledge of Physiotherapy assessment and treatment and how to apply this effectively within neuro rehabilitation. • Specialist knowledge of Physiotherapy role within an outpatient setting • Knowledge of current best practice in Physiotherapy and its application. • Effective planning, evaluation and co-ordination of treatment. • Applied knowledge of relevant legislation including CPD and risk assessment and management. • Knowledge of clinical governance

Skills

Essential criteria
  • • Effective legible written and verbal communication skills. • Ability to work single handed with individuals and groups. • Ability to manage own workload effectively and determine priorities. • Ability to work under pressure. • Specialist clinical reasoning skills • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. • Good IT skills • Demonstrates initiative. • Problem solving or solution based approach to challenges. • Self-motivated and be able to motivate others. • Able to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking). • Presentation and training skills • Supervisory/appraisal skills • Audit
Desirable criteria
  • • Offers innovative ideas for practice or service development

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Application numbers

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Christine Dorfinger
Job title
Team Lead Neuro Rehabilitation Unit
Email address
[email protected]
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