OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT (OCE)
Band 6 Physiotherapist In Outpatient Neurorehabilitation
We are looking to recruit an empowered, driven and enthusiastic physiotherapists with a desire to progress their career in neurological rehabilitation.
OCE is a level 1A neurorehabilitation and disability management Centre which has a long held reputation for clinical excellence in this field. The physiotherapy team at OCE work within the MDT to provide a high standard of neurorehabilitation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Outpatient Physiotherapy team. We offer a very supportive and innovative environment, enabling you to develop your knowledge and skills in Neuro-rehabilitation. You will be working alongside an experienced team with skills in all areas of neuro rehab including FND, FES, Upper Limb rehab and Vestibular Rehabilitation.
The service is undergoing exciting transformation, seeking to work collaboratively, whilst striving for evidenced based practice and increasing intensity of therapy intervention through new initiatives. There will be an opportunity to not only develop your clinical skills, both technical and critical thinking, but also those in leadership and service improvement.
We support applications for study leave and funding for individuals to complete CPD activities such as attending annual neuro-related conferences, appropriate courses and training programmes.
You are strongly encouraged to discuss the post before applying.
- To work as part of the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE) Multidisciplinary Team to ensure the provision of a high quality therapy service to individuals requiring neurological rehabilitation.
- To deliver specialist assessment, planning and rehabilitation to a complex clinical caseload of patients who present with neurological impairments, supporting other clinical and non-clinical staff in the delivery of agreed plans. Your clinical caseload will sit predominantly in the outpatient service but you may be expected to contribute to other services within the OCE as required.
- To maintain clinical records in line with Trust and professional standards.
- To contribute to induction processes, clinical supervision and teaching within the physiotherapy team and broader MDT.
- To act as a clinical educator for pre-registration physiotherapy students.
- To work within the OCE multidisciplinary team and liaise with relevant professionals in the acute and community sectors.
- To contribute to service development projects, audit and research within the OCE.
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world-renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. We employ approximately 12,500 staff (including over 4,000 nurses and 2,000 doctors and 850 AHP staff). The Trust comprises four main hospital sites: the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women's Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, North Oxfordshire.
The OCE houses a number of multidisciplinary inpatient and outpatient services aimed at supporting people recovering from, and living with, neurological conditions.
The OCE is a training site for rehabilitation professionals in the fields of rehabilitation medicine, neuro-physiotherapy, occupational therapy, clinical neuropsychology, rehabilitation engineering and clinical science.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Gaskell Job title: Band 7 Physio, Neuro Outpatients Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01865737375
Additional Contacts
Louise Suter, Neuro Rehab Outpatient Band 7 Physiotherapist, OCE (
[email protected])
Flora Juckes Team Lead for Rehab Physio, OCE (
[email protected])
