Trosolwg o'r swydd

Manchester Local Care Organization is recruiting a motivated and dynamic Lead Physiotherapist to work within the Central MLCO, Community Stroke Team

The service provides rehabilitation for adults following a stroke and also input throughout a stroke survivors life as required.  Assessment and intervention take place in a variety of settings including patient's home, residential or nursing homes and community clinics and therefore the candidates are required to have the ability to travel across the city to  fulfil the role.  The successful candidate will provide leadership for highly skilled physiotherapists within a multidisciplinary team of professionals.  They will be competent to manage a caseload of complex cases and be able to develop and support the physiotherapy service  and wider team.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop leadership skills in  service delivery, change and staff development.  They will be passionate in delivering high quality services and have experience of working as part of larger integrated health and social care system.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

• To act as Lead Physiotherapist for the community stroke team, managing the physiotherapy caseload. 
• Supporting team members to deliver on their objectives through offering advice, guidance and support as appropriate with the focus being on delivering a high quality and efficient stroke  rehabilitation service to patients of all complexity in a variety of settings.
• Act autonomously to manage own  caseload with a varying degree of complexity and to lead relevant service developments alongside the service lead.
• To supervise and support staff including junior physiotherapists, rehab assistants and students through  supervision sessions, peer support and appraisal. 
• Contribute to the development of an annual service plan and workforce management. 
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Gweithio i'n sefydliad

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.