Specialist Physiotherapist: Paediatric Respiratory Medicine

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as a Band 7 Specialist Physiotherapist within the Paediatric Respiratory and Long-Term Ventilation service across West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH). The role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management for infants, children and young people with complex respiratory, neuromuscular and long-term ventilation needs.

The post holder will also provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.

The role includes participation in weekend working and the physiotherapy on-call rota following completion of competency-based training and induction.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated children's healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy
• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification
• Management skills or leadership training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant recent clinical experience in the relevant clinical area, with a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways, and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Experience of service development and change management, implementing evidence-based practice in speciality, and on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (where required)

Desirable criteria

• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in a relevant post, and leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

Essential criteria

• Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions, assessment and treatment approaches, and the evidence base of the relevant therapy area, including knowledge of psychosocial and cultural factors influencing health and illness behaviours and ability to remain updated with professional practice and research
• Advanced clinical reasoning, problem solving, and ability to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in demanding situations, alongside ability to seek guidance when required and maintain awareness of personal limitations
• Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate, and manage time effectively, cope with work pressures and stressful environments, and manage emotional or aggressive patients or carers using effective interpersonal strategies
• Strong communication and leadership skills, including advanced communication with patients, carers and colleagues, ability to establish and maintain working relationships, present information clearly in written and oral formats, and ability to lead, motivate, supervise, mentor, coach, and pass on knowledge to others
• Understanding of clinical governance, audit, data protection, equality and health and safety policies, alongside ability to analyse activity and outcome data, maintain accurate patient notes, demonstrate competent IT skills, and uphold a professional manner, clear vision of role, and fluency in written and spoken English

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
• Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates ability to meet Trust values

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to take part in a weekend service and/or 7 day on call rota and/or 7 day service
• Able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service
• Able to meet the requirements of the role with any reasonable adjustments

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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