Lindsay Hepnar

• Deputy Team leader and Acting Team Leader of the Neurosciences Team.
• Clinical and managerial responsibility for the Neurosciences Team
• Attendance and participation in departmental team leader meetings
• Liaising with other physiotherapy team leaders and departmental heads to ensure overall effective distribution of staff and workload

Departmental Responsibilities

• Head Basic Life Support Trainer
• New Graduate Recruitment Team

Higher Duties Neurosciences Deputy Team Leader (July-Aug 2021 and May 2024-Current)

• Duties as above

Higher Duties Advanced Neonatal Physiotherapist (Jan 2024-May 2024 & Feb-May 2021):

• Operational management of day-to-day service including risk management, clinical governance oversight for the team and liaison with stakeholders in the neonatal unit related to professional clinical standards
• Training of junior physiotherapist in training roster to ensure safety, autonomy and process knowledge for effective care, driving high performance including contributing to their performance development plan
• Physiotherapy representative at neonatal department meetings
• Attendance and participation in departmental team leader meetings

Substantive role:

• Diverse rotational position involving the assessment and treatment of neurological, medical, respiratory, intensive care, orthopaedic, oncology, amputee, pelvic health, maternity, paediatric, and surgical patients
• Involvement and lead in multiple Quality Improvement (QI) and research projects
• Both led and assisted in the writing of new and existing policies and procedures such as the Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus work unit instructions
• Played an integral role in the acquisition of new equipment for multiple teams across the hospital
• Managerial and clinical support of junior staff members, student physiotherapists, and physiotherapy assistants
• Support provision to clinical educators new to the role
• Departmental resource for areas of expertise such as in neurological and paediatric patients
• Multiple team and departmental education sessions presented, and regular staff training provided
• Working collaboratively with a wide multi-disciplinary team and acting as physiotherapy liaison within these teams.
• Involved in recruitment processes for new graduate physiotherapists.
• Valuable and substantial contribution to the weekend and after-hours services including acting as physiotherapy weekend team leader

• Operational management of day-to-day service including risk management, clinical governance oversight for the team and liaison with stakeholders in the rehabilitation and acute stroke unit related to professional clinical standards
• Clinical lead for physiotherapy and physiotherapy assistant team
• Training of junior staff including formal supervision sessions.

• Rotational role through acute neurology, orthopaedics, intensive care, medical, surgical, paediatrics, day rehabilitation, and inpatient rehabilitation
• Head departmental resource for neurological patients.

• Locum role within the acute medical wards.

Higher Duties Stroke Team Leader (HP5 equivalent) March 2013, May 2014:

• Clinical lead for the physiotherapy and allied health assistant teams across acute stroke, stroke rehabilitation, and the community stroke team
• Operational management of day-to-day service including risk management, clinical governance oversight for the above teams and liaison with stakeholders across the hospital related to professional clinical standards
• Responsible for the gathering of the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Program (SSNAP) data and the UK Rehabilitation Outcomes Collaborative (ROC) data for the hospital

Higher Duties Acute Team Leader (October 2013, July 2015):

• Clinical lead for the physiotherapy and allied health assistant teams across intensive care, acute medical and surgical wards, and the emergency department
• Operational management of day-to-day service including risk management, clinical governance oversight for the above teams and liaison with stakeholders across the hospital related to professional clinical standards.
• Responsible for the organisation of the after-hours and weekend service

Substantive role:

• Specialised rotational role across acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation, community rehabilitation and intensive care
• Involvement in research projects and QI projects including complete operational restructure of the day-to-day running of the rehabilitation ward

• Assessment and treatment of a large and diverse patient load across the lifespan within the Day Rehabilitation Team; encompassing both centre-based, and home-based rehabilitation.
• Organised the running of specialist programs such as cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, Balance and mobility group, and the “Young and Able” group for teenagers and young adults with neurological disorders
• Responsible for the organisation of staff timetables and patient scheduling

• Rotational position involving a wide variety of patients including orthopaedics, maternity, paediatrics, outpatients, inpatient rehabilitation, day rehabilitation, intensive care, medical, and surgical patients.