Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job overview

• To provide a high standard physiotherapy undertaking all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To deliver specialist assessment and therapeutic management of children across Northern Lincolnshire (Base in Scunthorpe). To take responsibility for a caseload of children 0-19 years including those with; muscular skeletal, neurological, orthopaedic and rheumatology conditions within a variety of settings.
• Perform advanced physiotherapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical conditions and including use of specialist equipment. Use advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide, develop and deliver an individualized treatment programmes and care.
• Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision and in a variety of settings including: homes, Child Development Centre, schools and specialist settings.
• Supervise, educate and assess physiotherapy students, registered and non registered staff and provide specialized advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area.
• Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects and service developments to further own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations to clinical lead/manager of service for changes to practice by the team. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to development of service protocols.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality specialist Paediatric Physiotherapy assessment and support for a wide range of less and more complex conditions in order to provide evidence based and timely support reducing the risk of harm, preventing deterioration and improving outcomes.
• Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.
• Responsible for leading delegated service improvement and quality initiatives in order to drive forward improvement for CYP in our area.
• Supervision, support and training for junior staff and other professionals to ensure a highly skilled, supported workforce.
• Provision of Specialist written and verbal advice including statutory duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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