Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:-

To be professional and legally responsible for all aspects of your own work.

To be responsible for managing your own caseload, including the waiting list, whilst ensuring a high standard of clinical care is provided for the patients you treat.

To treat children using a variety of specialised therapy techniques.

Support other junior members of the team in providing the above.

Analyse and understand impact on child/family, and on physiotherapy treatment, of various treatment plans/diagnosis from other disciplines.

Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate diagnosis and prognosis in a wide variety of complex paediatric conditions, particularly neuro-development, recommending treatment plans and interventions, developing comprehensive treatment packages. Providing spontaneous and planned advice.

To train, direct and supervise parents/carers and other agencies, respite carers, to perform physiotherapy techniques as part of childs daily routine.

To comply with department standards, providing written communication, by way of comprehensive assessment reports to referring agents, the multidisciplinary team and parents/carers with on-going follow-up reports as deemed necessary by the Clinician.

To use verbal and non-verbal communication skills to ensure, informed consent is gained, paying particular attention to families where there will often be difficulties with effective communication e.g. fear of those who may be unable to accept diagnosis, limited comprehensive skills, altered perception, experience and receptive dysphasia and when English not the first spoken language.

Be highly skilled in communicating with children of all ages and their families who have a range of physical and/or psychological basis to understanding and be able to motivate and persuade children with a range of complex conditions/disabilities to work with treatment programme.

To keep accurate patient records in accordance with CSP and Departmental Guidelines, including use of outcome measures.

To assess children for specific equipment and recommend purchase and use. Funding sourced from either own department, Commissioners, Social Services, Education or Charitable Trust

Professional:-

To develop and maintain skills required to practise physiotherapy at an advanced level. This will be by attending post graduate training, reflecting on own practise re: - Peer Groups, attending and being a member of Specialist Clinical Interest Groups.

To work autonomously and prioritise own work area, balancing all patient related and professional demands.

To maintain own clinical and professional development by ensuring you have an awareness of any new trends and developments within the specialism and wider aspects of physiotherapy and incorporate them as appropriate. These may be through CPD Diary in-service training, lectures, courses, professional publications and peer review.

To contribute to the planning and delivery of in-service training in a variety of ways on paediatric physiotherapy skills.

To communicate complex patient-related information effectively, ensuring patient confidentiality, working collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team and with colleagues outside the NHS e.g. Education and Social Services to ensure delivery of co-ordinated service.

To participate in the staff Personal Development Plan as both appraisee and appraiser.

To undertake Evidence Based Practice and Audit, leading others in doing so, including Manager, leading to recommendations being made to change clinical practice within the workplace.

To show sensitivity to cultural and social diversity. To be alert to the impact this may have on expectations and outcomes by reviewing data and respond accordingly.

Liaise with Higher Education Institutes to provide clinical education for Physiotherapy students. This will include attendance at appropriate meetings and courses.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management.

Have sound working knowledge of current Safeguarding Policies/Issues, in order to have safe working practises for both yourself and patient, enabling timely reporting to appropriate agencies.

Organisational:-

To be responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed by Paediatric Physiotherapy Manager.

To manage own diary and work as an effective time manager.

To take a lead role in the organisation and management of specific clinics i.e. orthotics, gait, casting, ensuring availability of all resources required to perform the tasks.

To assist the clinical physiotherapy manager in future planning and development of service.

To take a lead role in both interviewing and the induction process of new staff and to facilitate their instruction in specialist skills required for the job.

To be responsible for all equipment issued by the department by adhering to departmental policy including competence of own staff to use and ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.

To be responsible for the maintenance of equipment used by the department for assessment or loan, ensuring records are kept in accordance with Departmental Policy.

To provide statistical information as required by Clinical Paediatric Physiotherapy Manager or Trust.

To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of the post in order to provide a high level quality service for the children of Dudley.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Degree in physiotherapy
• Courses attended relevant to paediatric physiotherapy
• Member of HPCP

Desirable

• Post- graduate qualification in relevant area
• Member of CSP
• Member of APCP

Experience

Essential

• Post grad experience in paediatric physiotherapy
• Work in community settings
• Experience of casting and orthotics
• Experience of postural management
• Sound understanding of safeguarding procedures
• Experience of writing and updating EHCPs
• teaching others and delegating
• able to prioritise
• have worked successfully as part of a wider MDT
• Extensive experience of working in the NHS

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and risk
• Demonstrate ability to audit practice
• Demonstrate Knowledge of NICE guidelines
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and code of practice

Desirable

• Post grad research skills

Skills/Personal Qualities

Essential

• Able to work as part of a team
• Demonstrates professional and clinical leadership
• Demonstrates sensitivity and tact
• Excellent adaptive communication styles

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

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Paediatric Physiotherapy

Sunflower Centre

Stourbridge

DY8 4HZ

Employer's website

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