This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Physiotherapist with proven clinical skills to join our Paediatric team on Padua/Rainbow ward.
As a multi-disciplinary team, we are working hard to ensure we give babies, children and their families the best possible care keeping their needs firmly at the heart of everything we do.
With a respiratory bias, you would be responsible, alongside the Band 7 physiotherapist, for providing inpatient physiotherapy to a range of children including our Cystic Fibrosis population and also input to an orthopaedic and neurological caseload.
There will also be an opportunity to work within outpatient clinic settings.
Are you a qualified physiotherapist with clinical postgraduate experience working with children, and a passion to enhance respiratory knowledge and skills of the MDT and wider Physiotherapy Team? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide day-to-day Paediatric Physiotherapy service based at either William Harvey or QEQM Hospital. Alongside the Band 7 Physiotherapist, plan, co-ordinate, deliver and evaluate the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service on a day-to-day basis on the ward.
2. Provide leadership to the Physiotherapy team within a team-based structure as a specialist within the field of acute paediatric physiotherapy.
3. As an autonomous practitioner, carry out assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload of patients within Paediatrics who may have complex and/or chronic presentations, determine clinical diagnoses and physiotherapy treatment indicated, and maintain records.
4. Provide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies e.g. GPs, carers.
5. Be responsible for teaching, supervision, and appraisal of Junior Physiotherapists and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the speciality.
6. Jointly responsible for the ongoing paediatric training to inpatient physiotherapy colleagues working the on-call rota.
7. Adhere to Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct, guided by National Standards where they exist to develop departmental policies.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
Essential
* BSc Physiotherapy
* HCPC registered
Desirable
* Member of Paediatric Special Interest Group
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in paediatric PT at Band 5 or 6 level
* Experience delivering education/In-service training programmes
Desirable
* Experience working in paediatrics across acute and community settings
Employer details
Employer name
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
William Harvey and QEQM Hospitals
Kennington Road
Ashford
TN24 0LZ
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