Rotational Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member.
• They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team and more junior staff and coordinate and deliver high quality care.
• They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / service developments and management functions as delegated by the Band 7 therapist or Clinical Lead Therapist.
• They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.
• The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management to their own designated caseload of patients and to maintain up to date physiotherapy records.
• They will evidence based principles and current best practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapy interventions.
• The post holder will provide supervision, teaching and support to more junior staff, therapy assistants and students on placement.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HPC registration
• Evidence of CPD and relevant post graduate courses

Desirable criteria

• Member of special interest group ie: APCP, Neonatal SIG
• CPD portfolio
• Relevant post graduate qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience as a Band 5 therapist in paediatrics.
• Experience working as part of MDT
• Participation in emergency on-call and weekend respiratory services including both adults and paediatrics
• Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 level in core areas including Musculoskeletal, neurology, orthopaedic and respiratory

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of working in a team which was non-clinical
• Evidence of presentation at in-service training
• Evidence of experience as a Band 6 therapist
• Evidence of paediatric courses
• Evidence of working with children in a non-clinical setting

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates specialist knowledge and experience of paediatric orthopaedic, respiratory, neuro-developmental and musculo-skeletal assessment and treatment interventions
• Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills with examples
• The ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate paediatric assessment and treatment techniques .
• Identifies challenges of working in varying hospital or community settings and demonstrates the ability to adapt own practice accordingly.
• The ability to guide and direct therapy assistants and students in clinical practice
• Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical caseload and stress
• Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in challenging situations, demonstrating respect and kindness

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of participation in research or audit
• Competent IT skills

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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