Specialised Physiotherapist Community Stroke Team

Essentials For This Role

• Car driver, valid UK drivers licence and able to use car for patient visits in the community
• Worked with stroke patients and have knowledge of how to deliver stroke rehabilitation. Applications will not be considered without these knowledge and skills.

Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team

The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team (N-CST) has delivered a robust Integrated Community Stroke Service model (ICSS), as per the national guidelines, for over a decade. N-CST continues to see patients within 48 hours of discharge home, for rehabilitation assessment and intensive goal-based rehabilitation.

The patients time with the team is needs based and patients can access any of the other services they require, regardless of time post stroke. Rehabilitation is completed by a stroke specialist MDT, that includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses, Rehabilitation Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants and Admin staff. The team also has face to face exercise groups and six-month reviews.

Responsible for providing and co-ordinating physiotherapy assessment and treatment for a caseload of stroke patients in the NGH Community Stroke Team

Responsible with the MDT for managing and co-ordinating treatment, care and rehabilitation for patients on the caseload in conjunction with the patient, family and carers within the patient’s own home or place of care

Supervise, appraise and develop band 5 physiotherapists, band 4 and 3 staff and student physiotherapists in the team

Support band 7 and 8 staff in managing and planning the stroke rehabilitation services, deputising for Physiotherapy team lead as required.

To take a role in the specialist assessment and treatment of stroke patients who may have complex presentation, to determine the physiotherapeutic interventions indicated to provide the best outcome for the individual using evidence-based practice and establish clinical reasoning and knowledge where recommendations may not agree.

To utilise and further develop specialised skills for stroke, including therapeutic handling (e.g. ability to move complex patients from bed to chair).

To identify organisational changes within NGH and external influences which will effect NGH stroke services and act accordingly.

To record information that has been personally generated following assessment and treatments.

Build safe working knowledge of all equipment used to provide patient care and participate in risk assessment, maintenance and training.

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

We recognise that AI tools can support application writing; however, candidates are asked to keep their use to a minimum. Responses should reflect your own experience, skills and knowledge, as over-reliance on AI-generated content may result in generic answers that do not accurately represent your abilities.

University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Bennett Job title: Community Stroke Team Lead Email address: jane.bennett26@nhs.net Telephone number: 01604544275

The use of AI is monitored and if you have used it then you are required to declare this, as well as what type of AI tools you have used and for what purpose. We reserve the right to further test your individual knowledge and skills in relation to the requirements for the post through robust and thorough interview and assessment.