Clinical Lead for Stroke Physiotherapy | University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum, Pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4LF
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	16 Sept 2026
Closing date:	22 Oct 2026

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Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to join our Integrated Community Stroke Therapy Team, based at Furness General Hospital, providing advanced clinical leadership across both inpatient and community settings.

OurStroke Therapy Teamoperateswithin a culture of a strong, supportive multi-disciplinary team which consists of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists as well as Assistant Practitioners. We promote an inter-disciplinary approach to working when supporting patients to set and work towards meeting person centred goals, helping to enable positive rehabilitation outcomes andfacilitatetimelydischarge from hospital.

Our Stroke Therapy Teamare committedtofacilitatingan environment which promotes professional development and engagement with research opportunities both in house and in collaboration with local universities. There is encouragement given to engage with regular clinical and managerial supervision, to help promote personal professional development and an interdisciplinary approach is taken with the facilitation of clinical supervision for our Assistant Practitioners.

To be professionally and clinically responsible for highly specialist

physiotherapy assessment and treatment, working as an

autonomous practitioner managing patients with a wide range of

highly complex conditions.

Provide highly specialist advice, training and leadership to

Physiotherapy staff, Staff within the ICST, GP’s, wider community

MDT, ASC and 3rd sector.

The post holder will assess, diagnose, plan, implement and

evaluate individualised programmes of evidence based care

providing highly specialist advice to patients, carers/relatives, and

the multidisciplinary team.

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our Community Service for adults are provided in people's homes ,community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent , improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care , advice and support.

For further details on the advertised position and the principal job duties/responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification found under the supporting documents section. Additional information about the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay can be accessed on our website.

This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Sep 2026

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