Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an expert physiotherapist with advanced clinical and leadership skills to join the therapy neurology, outpatient, and private patient services at the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery (NHNN). The post holder will work within an established, highly skilled multidisciplinary team to deliver clinically excellent, high-quality, patient-focused care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

This role offers excellent opportunities for career development and job satisfaction for individuals interested in working with people with complex neurological disorders. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team across several clinical areas and play a key senior leadership role in developing both staff and services.

Main duties of the job
Clinically, you will be job-planned across neurology, facial rehabilitation, private patients, and therapy outpatients. You will act as a clinical expert and senior leader for the multiprofessional neurology, private patients, and outpatient therapy, with professional and direct line management responsibilities for physiotherapists within these teams. This post also carries operational responsibility for a multiprofessional team of therapists and a support worker and shares joint responsibility with other senior MDT members for delivering world-class neurology, private patient, and therapy outpatient services.

About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8b
Salary: £75,328 to £86,114 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 309-UCLH-8373712
Job locations: National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, UCLH, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff. To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Training

• Essential: Degree / diploma in Physiotherapy
• Essential: HCPC registered
• Essential: Evidence of post-graduate training in neurosciences to the equivalent of modules at Masters/Level 7 education
• Essential: Active member of neurological special interest group
• Essential: Evidence of teaching skills course
• Essential: Evidence of appraisal training
• Essential: Experience of working in the NHS or equivalent
• Desirable: Evidence of management training
• Desirable: Experience of working in the NHS
• Desirable: Member of the relevant professional college or society e.g., CSP

Experience

• Essential: Extensive post-graduate experience across acute, rehabilitation, and outpatient physiotherapy services
• Essential: Extensive neurological clinical experience
• Essential: Previous experience as a highly specialist physiotherapist or higher physiotherapy banding
• Essential: Evidence of having supervised qualified therapy staff
• Essential: Experience in initiating and undertaking audit
• Essential: Experience in management of patients with acute neurosurgical needs and / or complex neurology
• Essential: Experience of teaching a wide range of groups, e.g., therapy colleagues, the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.
• Essential: Experience of acute neurosurgical treatment interventions
• Essential: Evidence of active participation in the organisation of education programmes
• Essential: Evidence in involvement in risk management, quality standard setting and clinical effectiveness
• Essential: Evidence of a knowledge of the recruitment and selection process
• Desirable: Experience in initiating and undertaking research
• Desirable: Injector qualification and experience of use in clinical practice
• Desirable: Clinical experience of the management and treatment of patients requiring facial rehabilitation

Skills and Knowledge

• Essential: Autonomous practitioner who can work unsupervised
• Essential: Effective time management and the ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
• Essential: Ability to supervise staff directly accountable to post holder
• Essential: An understanding of interdisciplinary issues and an ability to work efficiently and effectively in an interdisciplinary team
• Essential: Able to communicate complex, sensitive and contentious information in an understandable form to patients, significant others and all other professionals involved
• Essential: Effective written communication skills, including accurate record keeping using EHRS system, and policy documents
• Essential: Effective oral communication skills with patients, line managers, other health care professionals, demonstrating negotiating skills and ability to manage and diffuse potential conflict
• Essential: Demonstration of clinical leadership qualities e.g. Management of change, clinical competence, the ability to inspire, motivate and empower teams
• Essential: Broad knowledge of current best evidence-based practice in neurotherapy
• Essential: Demonstration of use of audit, quality standard setting and risk management processes for clinical effectiveness, taking a lead in projects
• Essential: A commitment to evidence-based practice
• Essential: A commitment to professional development of self and other therapists
• Essential: A positive approach to the treatment of acute, chronic and progressive disability
• Essential: Evidence of initiative
• Essential: Application of complex clinical reasoning to a diverse neurologically impaired patient group, demonstrating highly specialist analytical and diagnostic skills during assessment and intervention
• Essential: Ability to plan, coordinate and advise appropriate physiotherapy treatment and evaluate outcomes, using generic and unidisciplinary measures, for patients with highly complex neuro-disability
• Essential: Evidence of up to date Continued Professional Development diary including evidence of reflective practice, inservice training, any courses attended, and clinical experience gained
• Essential: Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own and physiotherapy workload equitably across physiotherapy services as required, responding to unpredictable changes to patients and staffing levels
• Essential: Evidence of effective presentation and training skills to a wide-ranging audience e.g. peers, multidisciplinary teams and user groups, nationally and internationally
• Essential: Evidence of being self-motivated
• Essential: Constructive assertiveness
• Essential: Ability to lead and actively participate in research, demonstrating knowledge of research methodologies and research application
• Essential: Ability to work under pressure
• Essential: Ability to reflect critically and appraise own and other physiotherapists performance
• Essential: Application of Health and Safety and risk management policies

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk

For questions about the job, contact:
Queen Square Division Head of Therapy, Adrian Capp, adrian.capp@nhs.net