Job responsibilities
As a qualified and experienced Senior Physiotherapist, you can join Jacobs Neurological Centre and support vulnerable people with neurological conditions to build a brighter future.
As a Senior Physiotherapist, you will work 37.5 hours per week providing a variety of rehabilitation, including short periods of intense rehab, slow stream rehab, long term rehab, respite breaks and end of life care.
With experience from the NHS or private sector work closely with the multidisciplinary team devising, developing, delivering, and updating individualised neurological rehabilitation and therapy for adults who require specialist rehabilitation and/or complex medical, respiratory, and nursing care for neurological and/or life-limiting conditions.
As you lead the team of physiotherapists, you will offer supervision and support and deliver specialist training within your professional group and to the wider MDT.
Being a Senior Physiotherapist at Jacobs is a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
Your responsibilities:
- Being an effective communicator in a professional, concise and accurate manner to ensure that information is circulated throughout the whole team
- Promoting good working relationships at all times
- Attending goal planning and MDT meetings
- Producing high-quality, accurate and concise written reports and documentation
- Using reflective practice and established outcome measures to evaluate treatment to achieve optimal outcomes
- Providing support, guidance, and training to therapy and care assistants
- Being responsible for own time management in planning caseload to meet priorities
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
- Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent
- At least 4 years post qualifying experience
- Previous experience in neurological rehabilitation
- Respiratory physiotherapy experience
- HPCP registration
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
- Knowledge and understanding of treatment approaches and adjuncts to treatment in the management of patients requiring physiotherapy
- Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) including reflective practice, multidisciplinary team and community working
Where you will be working:
Gardens Neurological Centre and Jacobs Neurological Centre have a combined total of 132 beds on the same site in Sawbridgeworth (CM21 0HH), which is on the Hertfordshire and Essex border within easy travelling distance of London and Cambridge. The two Centres deliver specialist 24-hour nursing and therapy services for people with complex long-term neurological conditions, and brain or spinal injuries who require ongoing support and assistance to maximise functional ability. Recovery is assisted wherever possible, with emphasis placed on maximising each individual's abilities, comfort and quality of life. Each service has communal lounges, dining rooms, and all bedrooms have en-suite facilities with over 95% on single occupancy. All rooms are adapted to each resident's requirements according to their assessments and needs.
What you will get
With the Elysium Wellbeing team on-hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities, and a huge range of career development opportunities to help you grow and succeed, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
- Annual Salary of up to £44,990
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc. Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
- Staff restaurant and free parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
- Flexible working opportunities
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.
The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
