Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job summary

Due to a recent team member's promotion we have an opportunity to join our friendly and dynamic children's community physiotherapy team.

We have one post available:

A part-time permanent post (30 hours) working at Band 6 level. You will be joining the Children's Physiotherapy Team based at The Benet Building, Ruckhall Lane, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 9RZ.

Our team provides comprehensive, child-centered physiotherapy care to children aged from 0 to 19 years. This is delivered in a variety of settings; the child's home, clinics, nursery settings, mainstream and special schools, hydrotherapy pools and community leisure facilities. We also support specialist MDT cystic fibrosis and rheumatology clinics and provide respiratory and orthopaedic input to the children's ward at Hereford County Hospital (Local DGH).

Herefordshire is a large rural county. Travel will be required based on service need and as a community team, access to a car for work purposes will be essential.

If you are an individual with paediatric physiotherapy experience we would love to hear from you. In return we will support your continued professional development and ensure that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to fulfil the expectations of the post.

For those with an interest in children's physiotherapy but limited experience a developmental band 5 to band 6 role may be considered.

Main duties of the job

You will be an autonomous practitioner within a well-established team of therapists managing a mixed caseload of children and young people, including neurological, musculoskeletal and developmental conditions. You will provide assessment and treatment using a variety of skills and approaches, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and working as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.Acute paediatric respiratory skills would be of benefit but not essential.

The post holder should have relevant experience with a commitment to providing high quality, evidence based practice and an excellent patient experience. You should be able to prioritise your workload, manage your time efficiently and work effectively within the team.

You will play an active part in our on-going in-service training and clinical supervision sessions to support your own professional development and that of others, including students.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust & Worcester Acute.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

The Benet Building

Ruckhall Lane

Hereford

HR2 9RZ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

The Benet Building

Ruckhall Lane

Hereford

HR2 9RZ

Employer's website

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

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