Community Children's Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

PATIENT/CLIENT CARE

1. To carry a personal clinical caseload maintaining a high level of professional competence and demonstrate developing clinical expertise.

2. To undertake comprehensive assessment of children with complex developmental, neurological and specialist orthopaedic conditions. Investigative and analytical skills should be used to formulate individualised management and treatment plans incorporating a wide range of treatment skills and using clinical reasoning.

3. To provide physiotherapy treatment of children using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options and provide ongoing treatment programmes.

4. To provide specialist advice and assessment for the provision of appropriate aids and equipment and monitor their use.

5. To administer specialist standardised and structured assessments, interpret results and contribute to accurate diagnosis and prognosis within the team responsible for the childs care.

6. To assess and treat individual children with complex needs, in their homes and school or clinic setting, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, and liaising closely with education staff and parents/carers.

7. To use a range of communication strategies to overcome barriers to communicating e.g. language, communication difficulties or cognitive impairment and English as a second language, to engage and motivate the child and their family/carers in their Physiotherapy treatment.

8. To attend meetings necessary to co-ordinate multi-agency care of the child e.g. transition planning, child protection.

9. To make referrals to other services as required to meet the child or familys identified needs.

10. To keep accurate and adequate records, and write reports and discharge summaries as required, ensuring that confidentiality and information-sharing standards are met as in Trust and professional standards.

11. To communicate complex clinical information and care plans to parents, carers, and staff in other agencies, for them to understand and carry out effective treatment or management of the child.

12. To establish relationships with community services and facilities, and to assist children and their families to make links with resources available to them.

13. To work effectively with clients, carers, and colleagues around individual case management, providing advice, guidance and support as necessary and involving them in the planning and prioritisation of care wherever possible.

14. To reflect on clinical practice; adequately identifying strengths & needs of clients, reviewing their response to therapy and providing evidence of sound clinical judgement.

15. To monitor and review the progress of children on caseload and facilitate the development or modification of packages of care / targets as appropriate using evaluation/outcome measurement tools.

16. To adapt practice to meet individual client/carers circumstances, considering cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

17. To produce accurate, & detailed reports, therapy programmes, advice and information as necessary in a timely manner.

18. To respond to the requirements of the 1996 Education Act, The Childrens and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice (2015), by completing written advice for children who may have Special Educational Needs.

19. To refer children to other Health, Education or Social Services professionals as necessary.

20. To undertake home visits, as necessary, in compliance with Home Visiting Safety Policy.

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP SKILLS:

1. To be able to gather information that may be sensitive or complex and analyse it as part of a full assessment of a clients strengths and difficulties.

2. To work closely with clients and carers using empathy, tact, reassurance and active listening to complete assessments, discuss results, and agree treatment options.

3. To develop skills in motivating clients/carers to engage in the therapeutic process.

4. To negotiate and manage conflict effectively in a range of settings, with support and supervision from line manager.

5. To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible

6. To form effective therapeutic relationships with clients and/or carers who may be under stress and/or having challenging behaviour.

7. To provide training to a variety of audiences on aspects of physiotherapy

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Physiotherapy or equivalent

Desirable

• Post graduate qualifications in Paediatrics

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• To have basic assessment skills to undertake a subjective and objective assessment with any patient.
• To demonstrate the ability to structure intervention with clearly identified goals and objectives
• To be able to measure how effective an intervention has been
• To demonstrate effective interpersonal skills when working with families and colleagues.
• To have adequate IT skills for accessing and inputting patient records and using email, word and excel.
• To be self-aware and reflective in your learning and development.
• To be a proactive member of the team and show initiative with quality improvement in the workplace.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• To have experience of working in the NHS in a Band 5 post or equivalent health service
• To have experience of working in a team

Desirable

• To have experience in paediatrics
• To have knowledge of common paediatric conditions and physiotherapeutic intervention
• To have knowledge of paediatric equipment and provision
• To have experience of improving quality

Personal Qualities

Essential

• To demonstrate the ability to deliver compassionate care
• To show a high degree of organisational ability and good time management skills
• To demonstrate initiative whist recognising the boundaries and limitations of your own knowledge and skills
• To demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop yourself and others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Tynemouth Road Health Centre

24 Tynemouth Road

London

N15 4RH

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)