Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Paediatric Physiotherapist Team Lead with excellent communication and team working skills to cover a 12 month maternity cover. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a small team of specialist therapists. You will be involved in delivering high quality Physiotherapy care to paediatric patients with a wide variety of conditions at Kings Mill Hospital in an outpatient and inpatient setting.
Main duties of the job
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield CommunityHospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, wealso care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge of acute paediatric respiratory and orthopaedic physiotherapy underpinned by theory and postgraduate courses.
- A highly developed knowledge and ability to meet the standards and expected criteria for this therapy service
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Supervisory skills
- Able to work within a team independently
- Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Ability to lead change and is able to demonstrate implementation of new ways of working within a team
- Effective communication skills - oral and written
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Able to provide and receive complex and /or sensitive information
- Remain updated with professional practice and new research
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to therapy
- Experience of Audit.
- Ability to teach and pass on knowledge.
- Experience of service evaluation and standard setting
- A broad understanding of the current local and national issues impacting on the Trust and service provision.
- Modernisation Agenda for the NHS re new ways of working
- Excellent communication skills
- Computer literate with skill in using databases/spreadsheets and Powerpoint
Desirable
- Accredited specialist acute respiratory and paediatric orthopaedic training
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and/or Post Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State registration with HCPC
Further Training
Essential
- Speciality specific clinical and management short courses
- Leadership training
- Supervision skills course
Experience
Essential
- Substantial Post graduate senior clinical experience, most recently working as a senior therapist which includes leadership and supervisory experience
- Proven experience of being an appraiser and supervisor of clinical staff
- Experience at Band 6 level in paediatrics
- Varied rotational experience
- Supervisory experience.
- NHS experience.
Desirable
Contractual
Essential
- Flexible hours of working / weekend working when required
Desirable
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialist knowledge of acute paediatric respiratory and orthopaedic physiotherapy underpinned by theory and postgraduate courses.
- A highly developed knowledge and ability to meet the standards and expected criteria for this therapy service
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Leadership skills
- Supervisory skills
- Able to work within a team independently
- Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
- Ability to lead change and is able to demonstrate implementation of new ways of working within a team
- Effective communication skills - oral and written
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
- Able to provide and receive complex and /or sensitive information
- Remain updated with professional practice and new research
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to therapy
- Experience of Audit.
- Ability to teach and pass on knowledge.
- Experience of service evaluation and standard setting
- A broad understanding of the current local and national issues impacting on the Trust and service provision.
- Modernisation Agenda for the NHS re new ways of working
- Excellent communication skills
- Computer literate with skill in using databases/spreadsheets and Powerpoint
Desirable
- Accredited specialist acute respiratory and paediatric orthopaedic training
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree and/or Post Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State registration with HCPC
Further Training
Essential
- Speciality specific clinical and management short courses
- Leadership training
- Supervision skills course
Experience
Essential
- Substantial Post graduate senior clinical experience, most recently working as a senior therapist which includes leadership and supervisory experience
- Proven experience of being an appraiser and supervisor of clinical staff
- Experience at Band 6 level in paediatrics
- Varied rotational experience
- Supervisory experience.
- NHS experience.
Desirable
Contractual
Essential
- Flexible hours of working / weekend working when required
Desirable
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
