Senior Physiotherapist - Paediatrics

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Paediatric Acute and Respiratory physiotherapy team. As post holder you will work with Physiotherapist and Assistant staff undertaking a variety of clinical and non-clinical tasks to support the delivery of paediatric respiratory physiotherapy services to our patients. This will include working on the acute wards which have a mixed caseload of specialties, outpatient clinics for CF and respiratory at the NNUH and satellite clinics and supporting complex respiratory patients in the community.

You will support junior staff and students and will work alongside and delegate to assistant staff and have a significant role in the team with teaching opportunities.

You will receive supervision and annual appraisal and take an active role within your own personal development via internal and external training opportunities .

Main duties of the job

To assess, prioritise, treat and manage own caseload of patients within the specific speciality. To determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated and maintain records as a legally autonomous practitioner. Patient presentation may be complex.

To work closely with the MDTs to ensure high quality patient care and participate on behalf of the Physiotherapy team in daily MDT meetings.

To train, supervise and monitor other physiotherapists, physiotherapy assistant practitioners, assistants and to performance manage students.

To have an active role in the planning, development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the Physiotherapy service provided to patients within and out-reaching from the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence.

Excellent communication, time management and people management skills are essential for this role.

Participation in the out of hours rota for weekend and Bank Holiday working is a requirement of the post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description for full details of the role, and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.