The Walton Centre Therapy service offers excellent development opportunities for ambitious Physiotherapists who strive for professional excellence.
We need a clinically experienced, specialist physiotherapist with a strong interest in Neurosciences Critical Care and Acute Respiratory Medicine to provide advanced clinical leadership and support to our specialist multi-disciplinary team within the Trust.
You will have excellent leadership and organisational skills, be a strong team player and have a flexible approach to service delivery and operational management. You will have a strong commitment to CPD and your clinical and professional development will be supported through regular appraisals and training.
Establish and manage a complex clinical caseload as appropriate to the service
To clinically lead and influence the critical care / respiratory physiotherapy service ensuring advanced level clinical intervention and specialist evidenced based care.
To work collaboratively with other clinicians, including medical and nursing staff to influence service development and ensure quality of care is delivered
To lead on the provision of clinical education and training to other health care professionals both internal and external to the Trust
To influence and lead research, innovation and professional development for self and others.
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
