Senior Specialist Physiotherapist
Sanctuary Personnel
- Leeds
- £54,000 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Outstanding training and support
- Employer-sponsored pension plan
- Group life insurance coverage
- Eye care voucher program
- Nationwide staff discounts on gym memberships, dining, and shopping
- Blue Light Card membership offering exclusive online and in-store discounts to NHS, emergency services, social care sector, and armed forces personnel
- Work autonomously in a specialised clinical setting, with support and supervision from a senior Physiotherapist, acknowledging professional accountability.
- Conduct thorough neurological assessments, analyse findings, and develop comprehensive treatment plans.
- Implement treatment plans, adjusting based on client response, interdisciplinary team input, and relevant factors.
- Ensure treatment plans are evidence-based and aligned with best practice guidelines.
- Offer specialised professional advice and utilise advanced clinical problem-solving skills.
- Contribute actively to the wider physiotherapy team, focusing on a specialist area of interest.
- Collaborate within the multi/interdisciplinary team, providing physiotherapy within the BIRT neurobehavioral/neuropsychological model.
- Provide specialised physiotherapeutic interventions across three pathways: Neurobehavioral, Neurorestorative, and Well-being.
- Safely manage individuals with challenging behaviours, including verbal and physical aggression, mental health disorders, and sexual inhibition.
- Participate in setting multi/interdisciplinary team goals in line with goal-setting guidelines.
- Identify and utilise appropriate physiotherapeutic equipment, devices, and interventions, such as tilt tables, splints, and microstimulation, potentially involving referrals to other services.
- Document treatment outcomes using standardised measures and ensure timely completion of outcome measure database, both individually and within the local team.
- Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification.
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Completion of a Practice Placement qualification or a willingness to pursue this within the first year of employment.
- Proficiency in conducting complex neurophysiotherapy assessments, developing ICF problem lists, and devising specialised treatment plans.
- Familiarity with the principles of clinical governance.
- Capacity for self-reflection and initial self-assessment of performance.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuing professional development.
- Experience in rehabilitation, particularly with individuals with neurological deficits such as acquired brain injury, or in related fields such as learning disabilities, musculoskeletal conditions, or mental health.
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