Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
LE11
Hours Full time
Contract Permanent
Role Other Qualified Professional
Posted 10 Jan 2025
Closes 9 Feb 2025
Job Description
The vacancy
Are you a qualified band 6 Physiotherapist with experience of delivering high-quality care? Do you have a passion for working with babies, children or young people who have complex needs? Then we would love to hear from you!
Here at Rainbows Children's Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care and end-of-life support to over 750 Babies, Children, and Young People living with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, as well as approximately 3,000 people, including families, siblings, and carers, across the East Midlands. Simply put, we're here to brighten short lives and support families, wherever they are.
We are currently seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our dedicated physiotherapy team at our Loughborough hospice. You will work closely with babies, children, and young people to provide exceptional, person-centered care. You will also collaborate with community teams, families and be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team in delivering the highest standard of care.
Hours: This role is on a part time basis (22.5 hours per week), Monday to Wednesday. There is a requirement to work one late shift per week, times of 11:00am-7:00pm or 12:00pm-8:00pm. You will also be required to work one weekend per month on a rota pattern.
Travel: There will be a requirement for you to travel within the East Midlands for external training, collaborative working with community teams and community visits on occasion.
Our Benefits
In addition to Agenda for Change pay scales, we offer a range of benefits including:
* Free onsite parking at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
* Opportunity for current NHS pension scheme members to transfer their membership.
* Specialist training and development opportunities and working within a supportive team which specialist knowledge
* Time to care for patients: Each baby, child and young person has 1:1 care
* Eligibility to join blue light card discount scheme and Company Shop.
* Life Assurance.
* 27 days holiday
* Plus bank holiday allowance but expectation to work bank holidays in this role.
* Contributory pension scheme or Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
* Affordable meals at the Hospice, Lark Rise, Loughborough.
* Free Tea, Coffee and Fruit whilst at the Hospice
* Free access to Health Assured employee assistance programme
* Wellbeing support and access to Mental Health First Aiders
* Unofficial benefits: Fun events like Total Wipe Out, All staff away days, Guest visitors
About the role
To provide specialist physiotherapy care to babies, children and young people at Rainbows.
Some of the key responsibilities include (but not limited to):
* To support with babies, children and young people's respiratory plans and escalation plans with support from the palliative care team.
* To assist with planning, organising and participate in hydrotherapy sessions with babies, children and young people in collaboration with the shift coordinator and care team.
* To keep up to date with developments in palliative care Physiotherapy and maintain clinical practice and procedures in line with current recognised best practice and research outcomes.
* To work as a member of the hospice multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective and efficient delivery of care to babies, children and young people and their families.
* To act at all times as an effective and positive role model.
* Further responsibilities in the role of a Physiotherapist at Rainbows, can be found by downloading the Job Description.
Requirements
Essential requirements include:
* Degree in Physiotherapy or completion of a Chartered Society of Physiotherapy accredited Masters Degree Course.
* Current registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Experience working as a Band 6 Physiotherapist
* Evidence of knowledge and understanding of the principles of caring for children and young people with long term Palliative care and needs
* Evidence of the ability to demonstrate safe clinical practice including risk assessment.
Desirable requirements include:
* Evidence of working with children with complex care/special needs
* Evidence of Teaching skills and experience
* Palliative Care experience
* Current registration with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
* Evidence of Experience of working with children with complex neurological needs.
Further requirements can be found by downloading the Person Specification.
For further information about this role and the responsibilities please contact Chloe Briddon, Lead for Physiotherapy and Therapies, on Apply
To apply for the role please click 'apply now' to complete an online application form. If you require an alternative method of applying or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments further, please contact the recruitment team on Apply
This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and barring Service Check) and pre-employment checks.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Equality, diversity & inclusion
Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People is committed to improving the quality of its services to all people, irrespective of race/ethnicity, disability, gender, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation. Our objective is to deliver high quality services that are accessible, responsive, and appropriate to meet the diverse needs of different groups and individuals. As such, we will continue to take action to ensure that staff and volunteers employed by Rainbows Hospice are culturally aware and treat every person with dignity, respect, and fairness, in a way that is sensitively responsive to differences and similarities. Unlawful discrimination and other forms of exclusion have no place within Rainbows Hospice.
About us
Rainbows cares for hundreds of families every year who have a baby, child or young person with a serious or terminal illness that means that their lives will be shorter than most.
We've been providing the highest level of professional holistic care and emotional support to babies, children, young people and their families since 1994. Our incredible team help to relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, and support their families to make the most of every precious moment, during life, through bereavement and beyond.
Our aim is to support every one of the thousands of babies, children and young people in the East Midlands, with a terminal or serious illness. To do this we've made it easier to access our services - wherever families are in our region. So, as well as providing end-of-life, short break care and bereavement support at our hospice, we also offer care and support. #J-18808-Ljbffr