Job overview

The Floyd Neuro Rehab Team have an exciting opportunity for a band 5 Physiotherapist to join our dedicated and passionate Multidisciplinary Team.

This is an exciting time to join the Floyd team as the Neuro Rehab teams in Greater Manchester are transforming, allowing opportunity for cross site working and exposure to increased learning opportunities.  The Floyd Unit is managed by Salford Care Organisation and the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (MCCN), it has established links with the Hyperacute and Acute SLT service at Salford, and more recently the Devonshire Unit, enabling opportunity for; peer support, maintenance, and development of skills in working with more complex and challenging patients.  The transformational plans will require further development of specialist Neuro skills in managing patients with Tracheostomy and those in Prolonged disorder of Consciousness (PDoC) at the Floyd unit.

You will be a qualified and HCPC registered Physiotherapist with placement or work experience in assessment and management relevant to the adult Neuro Rehab caseload. 

You will be passionate about Neuro Rehabilitation and creating a culture of continuous improvement, where patient centred care is at the heart of all you do.  

You will demonstrate flexibility to work on alternative NCA sites as part of future rotations (if these become available)

Main duties of the job

You will gain experience and specialist skills in; assessment, goal setting, rehabilitation approaches, MDT working and support the discharge planning process for the neuro rehab caselod at the Floyd unit.   

There will also be opportunity to develop skills in service development projects.

Your development will supported by the highly skilled Physiotherapists in the service, exposure and joint working with other members of the MDT will support professional and development as a  neurorehabilitation practitioner.   You will have support from the  Neuro Rehab professional Lead team alongside the AHP lead at the Floyd unit.  

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.