The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton is part of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. We provide acute services to the people of Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex and more specialists and tertiary services for patients across Sussex and the south coast of England, including being one of the Major Trauma Units along the South East Coast.

We are looking for a clinician who has substantial post-graduate experience, at Band 6 or 7 level including Stroke and Neurological patients within the NHS setting. Candidates need to have experience in the assessment and treatment of Stroke patients in the acute setting

Working within the Stroke Team, you will help lead a team providing inpatient care to the Hyper acute stroke Unit and as needed in reach to other Teams and Wards as Service needs, to cover patients and other inpatient wards at the Royal Sussex County Hospital as the Service and patient flow requires.

You will be involved in assessing and treating stroke patients from emergency admissions from both Brighton and the surrounding south east coast areas. You will also be involved in managing and taking part in the Stroke seven day service.

As a valued member of an established MDT and Stroke Physiotherapy Team you will have opportunities to develop your clinical, managerial and teaching skills. You will be closely involved in the continued development of the Stroke Physiotherapy service in conjunction with the other band 7's.

Main duties of the job

• Provide day to day operational management of the physiotherapy team on the stroke unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
  
• As an autonomous practitioner to carry a clinical caseload of patients who may have complex and/or chronic presentations.
  
• Toprovide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies
  
• To be responsible for teaching, supervision and appraisal of Band 6 and Band 5 staff, and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the speciality.

About us

At UH Sussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Provide day to day operational management of the physiotherapy team on the stroke unit at the Royal Sussex County Hospital (as part of a 7 day rostered service) in conjunction with the other 0.5 WTE band 7 on stroke.
  
• As an autonomous practitioner to carry a clinical caseload of patients who may have complex and/or chronic presentations and require advanced clinical reasoning skills and treatment of Neurological conditions. To determine clinical diagnoses and physiotherapy treatment indicated, and to maintain records.
  
• To provide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies e.g. nursing staff, and other health and social service colleagues.
  
• To be responsible for teaching, supervision and appraisal of Band 6 and Band 5 staff, and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the speciality.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

• BSc/MSc Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered
• Experience of managing a Team/MDT
• Experience of the rehab pathway from Secondary care to Primary
• B7 Experience in Stroke and Neurological rehab
• Previous experience supervising students
• Curious clinician/evidence of autonomous practice
• Evidence of HR polices and managing staff on them competently
• Evidence of Trust values and awareness of the needs of others
• Completed all core B5 and 6 rotations

Desirable

• Evidence of post grad education, role relelvant
• Awareness of system Healthcare approach
• Members of special interests groups
• Completion of Leadership courses
• Ward based Respiratory skills

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Essential

• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Eastern Street

Brighton

BN2 5BE

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