Job summary
Expected Shortlisting Date
19/05/2025
Planned Interview Date
03/06/2025
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic clinician who enjoys working with children in an integrated multidisciplinary team. The applicant should have completed varied post graduate clinical rotations and want to develop their clinical skills further within the specialist area of Paediatrics. You will gain experience in specialist areas including acute respiratory, neurology, neurosurgery, neuromuscular, neonatology, oncology, orthopaedics, musculoskeletal, cystic fibrosis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, surgery and hepatology.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of the Childrens physiotherapy team providing clinical care and helping to develop the physiotherapy service across the Childrens Hospital. Children are managed on the wards, intensive care units, neonatal units, specialist clinics, in the out patient department and in the community. They will also support the out of hours service.
The post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team including medical staff, nursing staff, occupational therapists, speech therapists, play therapists, dieticians and psychologists. They will also be encouraged to liaise with other agencies that support children and their families.
About us
The childrens physiotherapy team is a team of approximately 40 physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants who work across Leeds Childrens Hospital. They have a wide scope of experience and enjoy developing and teaching new members of the team
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Date posted
02 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-CHI-0371
Job locations
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS13EX
Job description
Job responsibilities
To perform physiotherapy assessment of paediatric patients with diverse presentations, providing a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, seeking support from senior physiotherapists appropriately.
To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver physiotherapy treatment programmes to patients with physical and psychological conditions in their care.
To carry and prioritise their own clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To be responsible for their own continuing professional and personal development.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive physiotherapy treatment notes/records for each patient.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The post holder will rotate around the paediatric clinical areas.
They will be responsible for their own caseload within that specialty area.
Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist is available.JOB PURPOSE
To perform physiotherapy assessment of paediatric patients with diverse presentations, providing a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, seeking support from senior physiotherapists appropriately.
To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver physiotherapy treatment programmes to patients with physical and psychological conditions in their care.
To carry and prioritise their own clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To be responsible for their own continuing professional and personal development.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive physiotherapy treatment notes/records for each patient.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The post holder will rotate around the paediatric clinical areas.
They will be responsible for their own caseload within that specialty area.
Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist is available.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Degree or equivalent
Experience
A variety of clinical areas experienced through student placements or previous junior rotations.
Skills
Competent written and verbal skills
Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
Time management skills
Knowledge
Sound theoretical knowledge of physiotherapy practice
Awareness of current issues in healthcare
Standards of professional practice
Personal Attributes
Enthusiastic and self motivated
Flexible and adaptable
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
CORE VALUES
Committed to the development of physiotherapy within the clinical setting.
Committed to maintaining high standards of physiotherapy clinical practice in accordance with relevant guidelines and policies.
Committed to own development
CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
Organisational skills
Time management skills
Communication skills
Professional
CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
An understanding of the principles of patient centred care.
To have a working knowledge of Professional Standards set by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health Care Professions Council.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Clinical
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work relating to the assessment and treatment of patients in your care undertaking clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses across a range of conditions and to decide on the best course of intervention from a range of options.
Using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.
To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
To develop and deliver the physiotherapy element of the rehabilitation programme, and on occasion to deliver some elements normally undertaken by nursing or occupational therapy colleagues.
To be an active member of the out of hours service.
Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress treatment and rehabilitation programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
Ability to work in a stressful environment imparting information regarding poor rehabilitation prognosis on a daily basis.
Ability to deal effectively with emotional and/or aggressive patients and/or carers on a daily basis. This will necessitate the use of communication skills e.g. to motivate.
Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the knowledge to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care for your patients.
Education and Training
To provide spontaneous and planned advice to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of a specific physiotherapy treatment plan.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
To be an active member of the team in-service training programme through regular attendance and occasionally contributing.
Professional and Managerial
Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice in the areas of each rotation, developing knowledge of a variety of conditions and patient types.
As a member of the clinical team you will be required to ensure that you implement policy and service development changes.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include case conferences, ward rounds and discharge planning as appropriate.
To participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development objectives to meet set knowledge/competencies.
To participate in the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of, audit and outcome measures, either individually or as part of a clinical team.
To demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.
To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, incorporating them as necessary into your work.
In the absence of a senior staff member to supervise more junior staff, technical instructors (TIs), assistants and students.
To allocate individual tasks to TIs and assistants as appropriate.
9.4 Organisational
To be responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed with the Superintendent Physiotherapist and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patients management and use of time.
To decide priorities for own work load, balancing patient related demands.
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of individually prescribed equipment used by patients and general therapy equipment used by physiotherapy support workers through teaching, and supervision of practice.
To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of verbal/written reports/letters.
To be involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring that equipment use is safe.
To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the Clinical Service Manger, the Head of Physiotherapy or General manager
HEALTH AND SAFETY/RISK MANAGEMENT
All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
INFECTION CONTROL
The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
The Trust has a statutory duty to involve patients and public in evaluating and planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The jobholder must take responsibility, in agreement with his/her line manager, for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To perform physiotherapy assessment of paediatric patients with diverse presentations, providing a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, seeking support from senior physiotherapists appropriately.
To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver physiotherapy treatment programmes to patients with physical and psychological conditions in their care.
To carry and prioritise their own clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To be responsible for their own continuing professional and personal development.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive physiotherapy treatment notes/records for each patient.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The post holder will rotate around the paediatric clinical areas.
They will be responsible for their own caseload within that specialty area.
Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist is available.JOB PURPOSE
To perform physiotherapy assessment of paediatric patients with diverse presentations, providing a diagnosis and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme, seeking support from senior physiotherapists appropriately.
To assess, diagnose, plan and deliver physiotherapy treatment programmes to patients with physical and psychological conditions in their care.
To carry and prioritise their own clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To be responsible for their own continuing professional and personal development.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive physiotherapy treatment notes/records for each patient.
JOB DIMENSIONS
The post holder will rotate around the paediatric clinical areas.
They will be responsible for their own caseload within that specialty area.
Access to advice and support from a senior physiotherapist is available.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Qualifications
Degree or equivalent
Experience
A variety of clinical areas experienced through student placements or previous junior rotations.
Skills
Competent written and verbal skills
Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
Time management skills
Knowledge
Sound theoretical knowledge of physiotherapy practice
Awareness of current issues in healthcare
Standards of professional practice
Personal Attributes
Enthusiastic and self motivated
Flexible and adaptable
Good interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
CORE VALUES
Committed to the development of physiotherapy within the clinical setting.
Committed to maintaining high standards of physiotherapy clinical practice in accordance with relevant guidelines and policies.
Committed to own development
CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS
Organisational skills
Time management skills
Communication skills
Professional
CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
An understanding of the principles of patient centred care.
To have a working knowledge of Professional Standards set by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health Care Professions Council.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Clinical
To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work relating to the assessment and treatment of patients in your care undertaking clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses across a range of conditions and to decide on the best course of intervention from a range of options.
Using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.
To demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
To develop and deliver the physiotherapy element of the rehabilitation programme, and on occasion to deliver some elements normally undertaken by nursing or occupational therapy colleagues.
To be an active member of the out of hours service.
Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress treatment and rehabilitation programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in understanding or communicating.
Ability to work in a stressful environment imparting information regarding poor rehabilitation prognosis on a daily basis.
Ability to deal effectively with emotional and/or aggressive patients and/or carers on a daily basis. This will necessitate the use of communication skills e.g. to motivate.
Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the knowledge to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
To ensure a high standard of clinical care for your patients.
Education and Training
To provide spontaneous and planned advice to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of a specific physiotherapy treatment plan.
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.
To be an active member of the team in-service training programme through regular attendance and occasionally contributing.
Professional and Managerial
Maintain and develop current knowledge of evidence based practice in the areas of each rotation, developing knowledge of a variety of conditions and patient types.
As a member of the clinical team you will be required to ensure that you implement policy and service development changes.
To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include case conferences, ward rounds and discharge planning as appropriate.
To participate in the staff appraisal scheme as an appraisee and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development objectives to meet set knowledge/competencies.
To participate in the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of, audit and outcome measures, either individually or as part of a clinical team.
To demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.
To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, incorporating them as necessary into your work.
In the absence of a senior staff member to supervise more junior staff, technical instructors (TIs), assistants and students.
To allocate individual tasks to TIs and assistants as appropriate.
9.4 Organisational
To be responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed with the Superintendent Physiotherapist and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patients management and use of time.
To decide priorities for own work load, balancing patient related demands.
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of individually prescribed equipment used by patients and general therapy equipment used by physiotherapy support workers through teaching, and supervision of practice.
To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date documentation, in line with legal and departmental requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of verbal/written reports/letters.
To be involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.
To be aware of Health and Safety aspects of your work and implement any policies, which may be required to improve the safety of your work area, including your prompt recording and reporting of accidents to senior staff, and ensuring that equipment use is safe.
To comply with the organisational and departmental policies and procedures.
To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the Clinical Service Manger, the Head of Physiotherapy or General manager
HEALTH AND SAFETY/RISK MANAGEMENT
All staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
INFECTION CONTROL
The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by practising Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
The jobholder must comply with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their families. No person whether they are staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
The Trust has a statutory duty to involve patients and public in evaluating and planning services. All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
TRAINING AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The jobholder must take responsibility, in agreement with his/her line manager, for his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional Development remains a priority.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Professional, hard working and flexible with a positive attitude
- Caring and compassionate Able to prioritise and organise and delegate as necessary own workload
- Able to function well within team setting
- Good written, verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment including the ability to impart information, on a daily basis regarding poor prognosis for rehabilitation.
- Able to deal with emotional or aggressive patients and carers.
Desirable
- Able to take direction and to learn from staff at all levels
- Able to supervise other staff e.g. assistants
- Good presentation skills
Experience
Essential
- Varied post graduate clinical experience.
Desirable
- Previous experience working within Paediatrics
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Health Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Moving and handling patients and equipment is a requirement of this post
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Professional, hard working and flexible with a positive attitude
- Caring and compassionate Able to prioritise and organise and delegate as necessary own workload
- Able to function well within team setting
- Good written, verbal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment including the ability to impart information, on a daily basis regarding poor prognosis for rehabilitation.
- Able to deal with emotional or aggressive patients and carers.
Desirable
- Able to take direction and to learn from staff at all levels
- Able to supervise other staff e.g. assistants
- Good presentation skills
Experience
Essential
- Varied post graduate clinical experience.
Desirable
- Previous experience working within Paediatrics
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Health Professions Council Registration
Desirable
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Moving and handling patients and equipment is a requirement of this post
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS13EX
Employer's website
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Employer details
Employer name
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS13EX
Employer's website
https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
For questions about the job, contact:
Date posted
02 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
C9298-CHI-0371
Job locations
Leeds General Infirmary
Great George Street
Leeds
LS13EX
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