Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Are you an experienced, motivated and driven band 6 physiotherapist with an interest in exploring a career in Paediatrics and Neonates? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to gain invaluable experience and specialist skills in acute Paediatrics and Neonatal Intensive Care at Queens Hospital, situated conveniently on the Elizabeth Line.
You will have an opportunity to work alongside a Highly Specialist Band 7 Physiotherapist within a specialist multidisciplinary team providing acute assessment and treatment within the children's ward. You will also be an embedded member of staff based on the Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Baby Unit. In addition to receiving hands-on experience and mentoring, you will benefit from having access to specialist courses and training and will be supported to attend relevant network and Operational Delivery Network (ODN) peer support groups.
Main duties of the job
To work as a physiotherapist in a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team to provide, under the guidance of the specialist Band 7 physiotherapist, a Physiotherapy service to paediatric and neonatal patients and carers, facilitating and maximising patient and carer safety and potential within the service boundaries. To be an integral member of the inter-disciplinary team (IDT) setting patient-centred aims, goals and targets within the comprehensive care packages including referral to community and other hospital and rehabilitation settings health, social care and health, education, and the voluntary agencies in a locality. To act as an autonomous practitioner in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of a diverse caseload giving highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) within your scope and level of expertise. This may be cross-site. To demonstrate evidence of knowledge and skills in the management of neonatal, paediatric neurological/developmental, respiratory, and orthopaedic conditions and those with behavioural and learning difficulties.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state-of-the-art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Amanda Vickers, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5926. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* Degree in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration
* Evidence of attendance or completion of neonatal specific education (such as HEE modules, APCP course, assessment courses).
Skills/Abilities
* Evidence of knowledge and skills in paediatric fields
Experience/Knowledge
* Proven clinical experience within the in-patient setting during Band 6 rotations in an acute hospital setting and substantial post graduate experience.
* Experience in audit and service development
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.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Band 7 Paediatric and Neonatal Physiotherapist
£42,939 to £50,697 a year Per Annum Inclusive
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