Specialist Acute Paediatric Physiotherapist
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Physiotherapist with proven clinical skills to join our Paediatric team on Padua Ward or Rainbow ward. As a multi-disciplinary team, we are working hard to ensure we give babies, children and their families the best possible care; keeping their needs firmly at the heart of everything we do. You would be responsible, alongside the Band 7 physiotherapist, for providing inpatient physiotherapy to a range of children including our Cystic Fibrosis population, respiratory, orthopaedic and neurological caseload. There will also be an opportunity to work within outpatient clinic settings.
Are you a qualified physiotherapist with clinical post graduate experience working with children, and a passion to enhance respiratory knowledge and skills of the MDT and wider Physiotherapy Team? If so we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Provide day to day Paediatric Physiotherapy service based at either William Harvey or QEQM Hospital. Alongside the Band 7 Physiotherapist, plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service on a day-to-day basis on the ward.
* Provide leadership to the Physiotherapy team within a team-based structure as a specialist within the field of acute paediatric physiotherapy.
* As an autonomous practitioner, carry out assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload of patients within Paediatrics who may have complex and/or chronic presentations, determine clinical diagnoses and physiotherapy treatment indicated, and maintain records.
* Provide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies e.g. GPs, carers.
* Be responsible for teaching, supervision and appraisal of Junior Physiotherapists and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the specialty.
* Be jointly responsible for the ongoing paediatric training to inpatient physiotherapy colleagues working the on-call rota.
* Adhere to Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct and be guided by National Standards where they exist to develop departmental policies.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
* BSc Physiotherapy
* HPCP registered
* Member of Paediatric Special Interest Group
Experience
* Experience of working in paediatric PT at Band 5 or 6 level
* Experience working in paediatrics across acute and community settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum
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