Lecturer

We are seeking a Specialist/Highly Specialist Physiotherapist with extensive experience working with adults in a community or clinical setting. The applicant will be passionate about making a meaningful difference in patients' lives and will join the highly skilled and supportive multidisciplinary team at the new and innovative Health, Wellbeing and Care Hub at the University of Essex. You will work closely with our Occupational Therapist, our Speech and Language Therapist, our Nurse, and our Professor in Neurorehabilitation, as well as our AHP students, devising and creating innovative care pathways that make a real difference to service-users and their families. We will value your contributions, support your professional development, and empower you to provide the best care.

The successful candidate will lead initiatives and develop the physiotherapy services within the Hub. You will work with service-users who have a range of conditions, which include (but are not restricted to) acquired brain injury; progressive neurological conditions; dementia, and those who are ageing and frail. You will promote their movement and wellbeing through holistic interventions, advocating health creation so that our service-users feel supported to manage their long-term health conditions. You will also offer clinical supervision and contribute to the assessment of students on clinical placement within the Hub, including Physiotherapy students and wider MDT professions, developing the future workforce through creative and innovative opportunities. 

The role will provide experience in working with complex presentations as well as offering regular CPD opportunities and personal development with a focus on wider workforce development.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead the development of physiotherapy services within the Health, Wellbeing and Care Hub and support a hub and spoke model of delivery within the community.
• Provide evidence-based assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions to service-users with a range of health conditions including acquired brain injury; progressive neurological conditions; dementia etc, and those who are ageing and/or frail.
• Work closely with other disciplines in devising joint-working programmes for individuals and groups.
• Liaise with relevant care professionals, agencies and external partners.
• Develop as a clinical educator through the provision of high-quality clinical placement opportunities and supervision for student practitioners at the University of Essex.

Qualifications required

The successful candidate will have professional experience or practice equivalent to relevant doctoral level research degree or have or be close to completion of PhD.

You will also possess Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy or the ability to gain professional recognition at this or a higher level if appropriate. A HCPC/CSP registration as a Physiotherapist is also essential for this post.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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