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Band 6 - Paediatric Physiotherapist, Inpatient Therapies
Band 6
Main area: Inpatient Therapy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 360-C-6942-A
Department name: West Herts - General Staffing
Site: Watford General Hospital
Town: Watford
Salary: £39,205 - £47,084 pa inc HCA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/04/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are seeking a Band 6 Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our therapy team. This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week. The successful candidate will be required to participate in the therapy seven-day working rota, approximately once every six weeks (1:6 frequency), with compensatory rest days the following week. They will also be part of the on-call service.
Ideally, the successful candidate will have experience working with paediatric patients and will play a key role in the multi-disciplinary team, providing physiotherapy to both inpatients and outpatients.
We offer training opportunities to support the development of specialist skills in line with your PDR, as well as leadership training and access to externally funded courses.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have a varied caseload. The Trust has a large Cystic Fibrosis population who are seen regularly as part of planned admissions and in regular outpatient clinics. The paediatric team also covers complex respiratory patients, surgical patients, orthopaedics, general medical, neurology as well as cover for the SCBU unit and Bayley clinics. The team has good links with our local Community Therapy service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Brompton specifically regarding the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) caseload. There are regular joint/shared care clinics with the Brompton CF Team.
Working for our organisation
With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us. We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imagining models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.
Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes, and patient experience. Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional, and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.
At West Herts, we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work-life balance and the ability to work flexibly.
We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate should be confident in managing respiratory patients with complex long-term needs, including those with Cystic Fibrosis. Applicants must demonstrate confidence in working within a small team of Physiotherapy staff and be willing to collaborate on service provision while providing cover for the wider therapy team. Additionally, the post holder will play a role in supporting the service training programme, contributing to the development of staff competence in managing children with respiratory needs.
Person specification
Education and qualifications:
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or equivalent recognised by Health Care Professionals Council.
* Physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent.
* Documented evidence of Continued Professional Development of expanded specialist skills.
* Attendance at post graduate courses in relevant fields.
Knowledge:
* Understanding of Physiotherapy structure in NHS.
* Standards – Health Care Professions Council/ Chartered Society of Physiotherapy/ Local Policies and Procedures (local e.g. Health and Safety).
* Ability to search and review evidence base.
* Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for the service.
* Evidence of written projects/audit.
Experience:
* Clinical problem-solving ability.
* NHS experience.
* Skill in physiotherapeutic techniques.
* Highly developed physical skills, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
* Willing to participate in emergency/on call duties.
* Experience as a Physiotherapist in a paediatric role/rotation.
* Acute/Community.
* Respiratory on-call/emergency experience.
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute healthcare services to a core catchment population of approximately half a million people living in west Hertfordshire and the surrounding area. The Trust also provides a range of more specialist services to a wider population, serving residents of North London, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and East Hertfordshire.
As an employer of nearly 6,000 people, the Trust is one of the biggest employers in the area and sees nearly a million patients each year.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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