Neuro-rehab centre creates 100 jobs
A £5m “pioneering” Northern neuro-rehab will create 100 specialist jobs in Sheffield.
STEPS Rehabilitation developed the 26,000 sq ft neurological and orthopaedic rehab and recovery centre off Abbeydale Road South.
Alexander House, as the site is named, has 23 en-suite beds and features a specialist gym and hydrotherapy pool, and 100 consultants, nurses, therapists and catering and admin staff will be required.
The site will take both public and private sector patients, though a ratio was not specified.
STEPS secured a substantial grant from the Regional Growth Fund, administered by Sheffield City Council, for the new build.
It forms the first phase of a specialist healthcare hub on the site, which already has outline planning permission as a Care Village.
STEPS chairman Ray Boulger said: “The development, although challenging at times, has proven a real success. After six years in the making, we are now very proud to have achieved Care Quality Commission (CQC) registration.
“There is a strong need for dedicated rehabilitation services like this in Sheffield to provide active and intensive rehabilitation for working aged adults with neurological and / or trauma issues, either on a residential basis or as an outpatient.
“We know that if we harness our commitment and care with patients’ individual drive and desire, we will achieve the best results. We can offer the tools so that patients can push their own recovery to the maximum.”
A team of commercial property and corporate solicitors at Wake Smith worked with Ray Boulger, Julia Leahy and Toria Chan from STEPS on the site.
Lisa Davison, director and commercial property solicitor at Wake Smith, said: “This is a really impressive and modern facility. It is fantastic to see the finished result after being with the STEPS team on the entire journey since the very beginning.
“As STEPS was the very first occupier on the site, we put together the legal framework on the land purchase.
“We also guided STEPS, as a new developer and independent provider, through the best, and most effective, way to structure the project using a development vehicle.”
Pictured: STEPS managing director Julia Leahy, Wake Smith’s Lisa Davison and Duncan Shepherd, STEPS clinical director Toria Chan, STEPS chairman Ray Boulger, Wake Smith’s Nick Lambert and STEPS operations director Chris Knight at Alexander House.
