Advanced Physiotherapist - Spasticity & Movement Disorders

The Neuromodulation service offers an excellent development opportunity for a specialist physiotherapist interested in developing themselves as an expert in the neurosurgical management of spasticity. We are seeking a clinician skilled in the assessment and treatment of patients with long-term neurological conditions. The post will sit within the neurosurgical MDT for patients undergoing multi-disciplinary review for complex spasticity. The service offers ongoing assessment for patients being offered intrathecal baclofen, selective dorsal rhizotomy and peripheral neurectomy. The post includes completing holistic assessment as part of a joint MDT with neurosurgical and neurorehabilitation consultants. Your role will include performing subjective and objective assessments, liaising with the spasticity MDT and delivering and co-ordinating intervention to the patients. The role will also offer support assessment of patients at the weekly intrathecal baclofen pump refill clinic and support

the assessment of a neurorehabilitation consultant led nerve block clinic.As an effective team player you will have excellent organisational skills and a flexible approach to service delivery. You will have a strong interest in audit and research with an ongoing commitment to CPD, service development and innovation. You will be supported by the wider MDT, including neurologist and neurosurgeons, alongside professional physiotherapy support from within the Walton Centre Therapies Service.

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.