Main area Physiotherapy (Community) Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 27.5 hours per week (Hours worked over 4 days) Job ref 411-COM-25-7104708
Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Sefton Carers Centre, 2nd Floor Town Waterloo Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/04/2025 23:59
Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiotherapist (B7)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Alder Hey's community physiotherapy and occupational therapy team in Sefton.
We are seeking a dynamic, caring person, with significant experience of working with children to join our community physiotherapy team as a highly specialised physiotherapist (Band 7) on a part time (27.5 hrs.) permanent basis.
Our physiotherapy service supports children (0-19 years old) with motor co-ordination difficulties, neurodevelopmental presentations, developmental delay, neuromuscular conditions, complex neuro disability and associated respiratory problems.
Our team consists of highly specialist physiotherapists, and therapy support staff including therapy assistants, assistant practitioners and admin support. We work alongside our Occupational Therapy colleagues often combining our sessions and appointments for the benefit of the children and families.
This role would suit a physiotherapist who has a keen insight in understanding the impact of disability on children and their families.
As a service we have strong links with acute teams based at Alder Hey, Liverpool Women's Hospital and colleagues in education and social care.
Main duties of the job
1. To work as part of a team and deliver holistic and specialist assessment, advice and intervention to children who attend a mainstream or specialist school setting.
2. To demonstrate leadership qualities and abilities as a band 7 physiotherapist.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main duties and Responsibilities
Communication
* To communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of condition and implication of management where there may be barriers to understanding.
* Be highly skilled in communicating with children of all ages who have a range of physical and psychological barriers to understanding.
* To be responsible for maintenance of accurate written records and supervision of team record keeping.
* To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s), social services, education colleagues and voluntary organisations to ensure delivery of a timely and co-ordinated multi-agency service.
Analytical skills
* To carry out assessment of patients as an autonomous practitioner, including those with highly complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills, knowledge of evidence based practice and expertise to determine appropriate care plans.
* To use specialised knowledge to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical diagnoses in a wide variety range of highly complex conditions.
* Analyse and understand the impact on the child and family of various treatment plans/diagnosis from other disciplines.
Planning and organising skills
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of caseload.
* To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals.
* To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any trends and developments.
Physical skills
* To demonstrate the ability to carry out physiotherapy assessment and highly specialised interventions.
Responsibility for patient/client care
* To contribute to accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive management plans.
* To continually reassess patients and adjust treatment plans accordingly.
* To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.
Organisational
* To be responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed with the Physiotherapy Manager.
* To decide priorities for own work area, balancing patient related and professional demands.
Responsibility for policy/service development
1. To actively participate in service planning, and service development.
2. Implement change to service delivery in response to quality initiatives.
3. To have knowledge of and comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy, recognised by Health and Care Professions Council
* Member of HCPC
* Evidence of post graduate further training & development in the field of paediatrics
* Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Member of Association Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists
Experience
* At least 5 years of post- registration experience including the treatment of neurological patients
* Minimum 2 years at Band 6 level including experience of the management of patients with neurological deficits
* Proven experience of a wide range of approaches relevant to the management of paediatric patients
* Experience working within a community setting
Knowledge
* Evidence of knowledge of a wide range of approaches used within specialist clinical field
* Evidence of knowledge of current trends within clinical specialty
* Proven knowledge of Safeguarding procedures
Personal
* Access to own transport with ability to move around community sites
* Proven ability to compliment the existing dynamics of the team
* Innovative in approach and outlook
Skills
* Evidence of excellent communication skills, written and verbal, enabling applicant to converse across a range of understanding
* Evidence of experience of supervising and teaching junior/undergraduate physiotherapists
* Proven experience of the delegation of tasks to other staff.
* Proven ability to prioritise and organise caseload, underpinned by sound time management skills.
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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