Employer: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Edgware Community Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £49,178 - £55,492 Per Annum inclusive of HCAS Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/11/2024 23:59
Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
Band 7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Be responsible for the delivery and development of the Paediatric Musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy Services within Central London Community Health Care Trust (CLCH).
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, taking a lead in co-ordinating and providing a highly specialist physiotherapy service to children with MSK, Rheumatological and Orthopaedic conditions. A significant proportion of these children will have English as an additional language (EAL). He/she will be expected to manage their own caseload, and may need to work alongside medical staff to ensure highly specialist therapy programmes are in place for the children under their care.
They will be expected to work collaboratively with children/young people (CYP), parent/carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services, in planning and delivery of services to this specific client group. He/she will be the key contact for the paediatric MSK and rheumatology services and will represent the department at relevant meetings both within and outside.
Main duties of the job
1. Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. Ensure a consistently high level of clinical care for the patients under your management and support your peers to do likewise.
2. Provide an equal and equitable service for all patients, including the harder to reach population groups.
3. Undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills. Be aware of your professional limitations, seeking support as necessary through supervision, discussion with peers/more senior colleagues and team case discussions.
4. Use a variety of assessment and treatment techniques appropriate to the patient, in accordance with evidence-based practice, national guidelines and trust and departmental policy (including manual handling and confidentiality).
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
* A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
* Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
* Flexible working options
* Training, support and development in your career
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
* BSc Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy
* Evidence of continuous professional and personal development
* Registration with the Health Professions Council
* Member of a specialist group
* CSP membership E
Experience
* Significant experience in MSK and related fields.
* Active member of multi-disciplinary team
* Supervision & training of junior staff & students.
* Experience in managing provision of physiotherapy for MSK
* Experience of working in an outpatient department
* Experience of working within NHS environment
* Experience of working with a wide range of patient conditions
* Research project carried out at undergraduate level
* Experience of planning and delivering clinical supervision / mentoring to peers and less experienced physiotherapists
* Experience of assisting in projects within team
* Experience at Band 6 level
* Pain Management experience and knowledge
Skills & Knowledge
* Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its influence on Service Development
* Knowledge of recent research supporting or negating physiotherapy management of neuromusculoskeletal conditions
* Knowledge of equal opportunities
* Effective physiotherapy manual skills to assess and treat patients with neuromusculoskeletal conditions
* To work at or towards M level standard towards a full Masters qualification
* High level of IST including presentation of IST & cases with the ability to teach other staff - juniors, assistants & students.
* Awareness of NHS & Trust systems, policies, procedures & current changes
* Knowledge of NICE guidelines and the NSF’s
* Presentation skills to lead and teach in-service training sessions
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
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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