Main area: Neonatal physiotherapy
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Secondment: 12 months (Can offer as a 1 year fixed term contract)
Hours: Part time - 31 hours per week (Tuesday to Friday working but may need to be flexible if service requires.)
Job ref: 320-CDCS-3321
Employer: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Derby Hospital
Town: Derby
Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/12/2024 23:59
Interview date: 16/12/2024
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Neonates
Band 7
This is an exciting opportunity to come and join our Neonatal Physiotherapy service at University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and innovative Physiotherapist to join our multidisciplinary Neonatal/Paediatric Therapy Team. The successful applicant will be responsible for a specialist and complex caseload of infants on the neonatal units and therefore will need comprehensive knowledge and skills in clinical assessment techniques, advanced handling skills, Neurodevelopmental care of premature and vulnerable infants and in the principles of Family Integrated Care.
This opportunity will give the candidate the opportunity to join the current Allied Health Professional team on the established units, and to be instrumental in the delivery and development of the therapy service as well as supporting and guiding less experienced staff and higher educational students.
The post will involve working at both trust sites, Royal Derby Hospital on the LNU and at Queens Hospital Burton SCBU alongside the current physiotherapist.
Main duties of the job
* To be part of a group of Clinical Specialists for the Neonatal Physiotherapy Speciality within the Trust, coordinating the Trust wide service development and evaluation and promote an ongoing culture of change and improvement within the service.
* To act as a highly specialist autonomous clinician with advanced assessment and treatment skills.
* To provide clinical leadership in the field of neonatal Physiotherapy across the acute sites of the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
* To provide highly specialist advice and education to physiotherapy staff, MDT members, nursing staff and other clinical specialities within the Trust and parents and families.
* The post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team on the neonatal units including Nursing staff, medical team, other Allied Health Professionals and support staff.
Minimum Requirements
* Degree in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration
* Completion of HEE Neonatal Foundation Modules
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate experience
* Evidence of training in neurodevelopment
* Membership of relevant special interest group
* Evidence of a management training course
Experience and Knowledge
* Evidence of clinical experience in Paediatrics
* Experience of working at a Band 6 level
* Experience of working with children with neurodevelopmental conditions
* Experience of contributing to audit/service development projects
* Evidence of teaching/educating/presenting to a variety of audiences
* Experience of working in Neonatal Care
Skills and Ability
* Evidence of Communicating to different audiences concerning clinical information
* Evidence of advanced assessment skills
* Evidence of developing treatment plans and adapting as required
* Evidence of own caseload management and overseeing of others
* Evidence of using communication skills in negotiation, motivational circumstances
* Evidence of delivering sensitive information to parents/relatives and staff
* Evidence of interpreting data and using it to formulate action plans
* Evidence of training and managing staff
* Evidence of using standardised assessment tools relevant to neonatal development
Values and Behaviours
* Evidence of working within policies and guidelines
* Evidence of showing empathy and compassion
* Evidence of using correct approaches when challenging inappropriate behaviour
Closing date of applications: 2 December 2024
Interview date: 16 December 2024
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