Children's Physiotherapist - Specialist Neonatal and Team Lead
Band 7
Main area: Children's Physiotherapy, Clinical Specialist in Neonatal, Neurological and Developmental Physiotherapy
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 269-SFT8961
Site: Salisbury District Hospital
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/02/2025 23:59
The Salisbury children's physiotherapy team are seeking a new lead for our neonatal and neurodevelopmental provision. The successful applicant will also hold leadership of our children's physiotherapy team with the service and structure currently under review.
We require an experienced children's physiotherapist to lead and develop our specialist provision to neonates within our neonatal multidisciplinary team. The neonatal MDT values the physiotherapy service for delivery of developmentally informed care to enhance the quality of life for high-risk infants. The post holder will work within the Thames Valley and Wessex Neonatal ODN. They will need a strong interest in quality improvement, audit and research.
Main duties of the job
1. To take the lead physiotherapy role in the provision and ongoing development within our Local Neonatal Unit (LNU).
2. Leadership of Children’s Physiotherapy, including supervision of team members and supporting the day-to-day outpatient and inpatient physiotherapy provision, working alongside the paediatric physiotherapy service lead and wider MDT.
3. Provide specialist assessment, treatment and parent/carer/MDT education for babies/young children within the neonatal service including inpatient care and outpatient screening/follow up.
4. Lead the provision of the physiotherapy service for babies/young children with neurodevelopmental concerns, providing assessment and treatment to support their diagnosis and/or early development.
5. Assess and treat patients using specialist skills.
6. Use teaching and communication skills to develop parent/carers understanding and abilities to deliver effective physiotherapy and developmental care.
7. Maintain general paediatric physiotherapy knowledge and experience to support the delivery of care to our population of children and young people by the whole team.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
* Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of post graduate specialist physiotherapist neonatal CPD
* Experience of Band 6, or equivalent, paediatric physiotherapy practice
* Evidence of leadership experience
* Delivery of education to physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals
* Evidence of awareness of current neonatal guidelines and evidenced based practice
* Implementation of evidence based practice through service development or quality improvement
* Evidence of implementation of Early Intervention
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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