We are looking for a specialist children's physiotherapist to be a core member of our team delivering physiotherapy to children and young people.
This post requires management of a caseload of out-patients and cover for our paediatric and new-born wards. The post holder will participate in multidisciplinary clinics; these could include orthotics, rheumatology or respiratory clinics. The post will require supervision of Band 5 physiotherapists or therapy assistants.
Main duties of the job
To provide physiotherapy for children and young people (CYP) accessing our out-patient and in-patient provision. This will include delivery of general paediatric physiotherapy, in the sub-specialty areas of musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurological and developmental conditions.
Working alongside the physiotherapy team, and our child health multidisciplinary team, you will lead and develop children's physiotherapy services.
This specialist physiotherapy role will enable children and young people to understand and manage their own health and wellbeing.
About us
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 are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Essential & Desirable
* Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
* Current HCPC Registration
* Experience of children's physiotherapy practice at Band 5/6 level, or equivalent
* Evidence of post-graduate CPD in the specialty of children's physiotherapy
* Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice within musculoskeletal specialty
* Evidence of CPD in paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy
* Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice in an in-patient setting. 1 point for in-pt respiratory, 1 point for in-pt orthopaedics
* Evidence of practice within a multidisciplinary team
* Evidence of teaching. 1 point for education to CYP and their families, 1 point for teaching to physios and/or MDT
* Evidence of supervision of others, inclusive of students, B5 physios, assistants or MDT
* Evidence of Evidenced Based Practice or audit or quality improvement
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.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata if part time
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