Job Description

Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible



An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified, HCPC registered Physiotherapist with Amputee Rehabilitation experience, to work within the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality assessments and interventions.



You will need to have a minimum of 3 years clinical experience with some experience of assessing complex disability.



The job role is to provide physiotherapy input to the Regional Prosthetic Service, alongside Band 7 Physiotherapists. To participate in the inter-disciplinary assessment process, negotiated client-centred goal settings and completion of outcome measurements for amputees. To be responsible for managing a caseload of amputee patients, both non-limb wearers and prosthetic users and to provide physiotherapy treatments, including early walking aids and gait training techniques. To communicate with physiotherapy departments locally and regionally to relay patient-related information concerning their physiotherapy requirements.



You must have good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management skills and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date clinical trends and practices including evidence based ones



You must be able to communicate effectively with patients /carers /colleagues and other agencies and be able to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.



Be Part of Our Team...



BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.



If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.



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Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address



For further details on the and Main Responsibilites, please see the attached document- JD/ PS