Specialist Acute Paediatric Physiotherapist
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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 post graduate 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
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. Provide leadership to the Physiotherapy team within a team based structure as a specialist within the field of acute paediatric physiotherapy. As an autonomous practitioner to carry out assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload of patients within Paediatrics who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnoses and physiotherapy treatment indicated, and to maintain records. To provide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies e.g. GPs, carers. To be responsible for teaching, supervision and appraisal of Junior Physiotherapists and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the speciality. To be jointly responsible for the on-going paediatric training to inpatient physiotherapy colleagues working the on-call rota. To adhere to Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct and be 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 responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
BSC Physiotherapy HPCP registered Member of Paediatric Special Interest Group Experience
Experience of working in paediatric PT at Band 5 or 6 level Experience working in paediatrics across acute and community settings 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. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum
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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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 post graduate 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
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. Provide leadership to the Physiotherapy team within a team based structure as a specialist within the field of acute paediatric physiotherapy. As an autonomous practitioner to carry out assessment and treatment of a specialist caseload of patients within Paediatrics who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnoses and physiotherapy treatment indicated, and to maintain records. To provide specialist advice to other professionals both within the Trust and outside agencies e.g. GPs, carers. To be responsible for teaching, supervision and appraisal of Junior Physiotherapists and undergraduate students to ensure a high quality of clinical care within the speciality. To be jointly responsible for the on-going paediatric training to inpatient physiotherapy colleagues working the on-call rota. To adhere to Trust policies and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Code of Conduct and be 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 responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. Person Specification
Qualification and Registration
BSC Physiotherapy HPCP registered Member of Paediatric Special Interest Group Experience
Experience of working in paediatric PT at Band 5 or 6 level Experience working in paediatrics across acute and community settings 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. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust £37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata per annum
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