Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 423-7318243
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Physiotherapist & Team Leader - Stroke Unit
NHS AfC: Band 7
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At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
The Physiotherapy Team Leader for stroke is a new exciting role which is integral to the delivery of high- quality stroke therapy services at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, following significant investment in inpatient stroke services in the Trust. The post-holder will work alongside two other team leaders for Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.
The Stroke Unit provides inpatient multi-disciplinary therapy to patients following a stroke or other neurological event. Rehabilitation is provided by a team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy assistant practitioners. The service is part of the integrated stroke pathway and aims to be integrated with the community-based rehabilitation which is provided by the Community Stroke Team (CST) for up to 6 weeks following discharge
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide leadership and line management for the Stroke Therapy Team across the Stroke Pathway & will work in partnership with the other Stroke Pathway Leaders and Clinical Lead for Stroke. Working with the clinical lead, the postholder will be responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating clinical case work within the Inpatient Stroke service
The postholder will provide evidence based, highly specialist knowledge and skills to the Stroke unit, working in collaboration with the leaders of the Community Stroke Team to provide a seamless, integrated, rehabilitation service and to continue to develop the Stroke Pathway.
They will deputise for leaders on the Community Stroke Team when required as well as deputising for the clinical lead, and will provide a key role in partnership working with patients, carers, the MDT, and wider statutory, private and voluntary sector services. Additionally, the postholder will take responsibility for effective functioning of the teams throughout the stroke pathway, leading on quality improvements across the Stroke Pathway, in collaboration with the Clinical Lead and Therapy Manager.
The post holder has responsibility for staff and student training and development. In pursuing the duties of the role, the post holder will ensure compliance with the NHS Constitution and the Trust’s Right Care strategy
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job advertisement, Job description and Person specification for more details of the role and information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
- State registrations with the Health Care Professions Council
- Recent post graduate courses relevant to the management of Stroke patients
- Recent post graduate courses in Leadership/management
- Completion of course in Professional Practice education
Desirable criteria
- MSc or PhD in a relevant subject
- Certificate in Managing Health Services or equivalent
- Recent post graduate courses or experience relevant to stroke therapy
- Successful completion of a Professionally validated specialist course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive, relevant and recent experience working in a wide variety of clinical areas
- Experience in assessment, treatment and management of people recovering from Stroke. Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of multidisciplinary guideline development, implementation and audit
- Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
- Experience of supervising other staff members and conducting annual reviews
- Recent experience of student training
- Experience of using telehealth, video conferencing and other remote methods of clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience of leadership /management role
- Experience of taking part in or leading on Projects/ service improvements
- Experience of taking part in or leading an audit or research project
- Experience in dealing with Human Resource issues such as recruitment and retention, performance management, sickness and annual leave
- Experience of working in partnership approach working in collaboration across system barriers
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist level of knowledge, understanding and clinical reasoning skills to support expert clinical practice in rehabilitation and presentation of Stroke patients.
- Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working in stroke rehabilitation
- Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance, audit and research
- Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of local systems
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as of a part team
- Excellent planning and organisational skills and ability to facilitate these skills in others
- Ability to set objectives for self and team and evaluate achievement of these
- Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening, motivational interviewing and empathy
- Excellent interpersonal skills for developing complex working relationships, expressing opinions constructively, seeking consensus and maintaining networks
- Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations and ability to facilitate these skills in others Excellent analytical and reflective skills
- Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Ability to chair meetings and facilitate workshops effectively
- Ability to use all applications of Microsoft Office
- Ability to use System One
Other
Essential criteria
- Eligible to live and work in the UK
Desirable criteria
- Member of relevant Professional special interest groups/organisations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Rowe
- Job title
- Head of Therapy Services and DCAHP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293659
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