Senior Physiotherapist - Highly Specialist (XR07)
We have an opportunity for a skilled, enthusiastic clinician who enjoys working with children in an integrated multidisciplinary team. This post is to manage our complex rehabilitation patients in our Children's Outpatient Service providing care for children with Chronic Pain, Musculoskeletal, Orthopaedic and Rheumatological related conditions.
The post holder will be involved in the management of the outpatient department.
They will work closely with the multidisciplinary team including medical staff, nursing staff, occupational therapists, speech therapists, play therapists, dieticians and psychologists. They will also liaise with other agencies that support children and their families.
The Children's Physiotherapy Team is committed to the concepts of clinical governance and staff development through appraisal, training, research and audit.
The post holder may be involved in research projects and will be expected to carry out service improvement and development, audits of their practice and of the service.
Part-time applications will be considered.
The post holder will contribute to the Paediatric Out of hours service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the children's physiotherapy team providing highly specialist care for children accessing the Orthopaedic, Pain and Rheumatology service at The Leeds Children's Hospital. They will provide leadership within the children's Outpatient teams demonstrating a high standard of leadership skills and behaviours.
Based at the Leeds General Infirmary, the post holder will provide out-patient assessment and management for children in Leeds and the Yorkshire region. They will be a key member of the specialist Orthopaedic, Rheumatology and Pain MDTs providing assessments and treatment, follow up care and telephone liaison for this highly complex group of children, their carers and the regional therapists working with them locally.
Key relationships will be with other physiotherapists at both Leeds and the regional hospitals including the paediatric physiotherapy team, nursing staff, specialist nurses, medical staff, dietician, occupational therapist, psychologist, speech and language therapist, play therapist, community services, social services and education services.
About us
The children's physiotherapy team is a team of approximately 40 physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants who work across Leeds Children's Hospital. They have a wide scope of experience and enjoy developing and teaching new members of the team.
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Job responsibilities
To perform the advanced physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients within this specialist field who may have complex physical and psychological conditions and/or chronic presentation. He/She will play a key role in the development, implementation and evaluation of specialist physiotherapy programmes and packages of care.
As an experienced physiotherapist the jobholder will assist in co-ordinating the activities of the team and outpatient department ensuring efficient and effective service provision. He/she will be required to ensure effective communication is maintained at all times, whilst providing training, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
As a lead clinician in this speciality, the jobholder will act as a role model to the physiotherapy team, promoting quality evidence-based practice, developing the physiotherapy team and contributing to the effective management of the team in the absence of the clinical service manager.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent
Experience
* Extensive post-graduate experience at a senior level in paediatrics
* Clinical audit and standard setting
* Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing, therapy and management colleagues
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing within a uni and multi-professional team
* Ability to prioritise, organise and allocate workload
* Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified, unqualified staff and students
* Clinical leadership
Core Values
* Committed to delivering high quality evidence-based physiotherapy treatment
* Committed to the clinical area, valuing the contribution of all team members and encouraging a positive and creative working environment
* Committed to own development and the development of the physiotherapy service and profession
* Committed to maintaining high standards of physiotherapy clinical practice and interpreting their application as appropriate
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.
Clinical service manager Children's Physiotherapy
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