Job summary
We
have an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled enthusiastic clinician who
enjoys working within an integrated multidisciplinary team, providing expert
care for children and young people
The
paediatric Rheumatology service at the Leeds Childrens Hospital is a
tertiary referral centre for Yorkshire, providing a multidisciplinary
management approach to children presenting with a wide range of inflammatory
conditions. As a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, the post holder will
work in paediatric out-patient clinics, using advanced clinical skills and
expertise to carry out assessment of patients referred to the Paediatric
Rheumatology service. This will include patients referred with Inflammatory
Conditions, Back Pain, Hypermobility and persistent pain syndromes
The
post holder will be expected to refer for appropriate imaging and testing, to
facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning, seeking guidance from
medical colleagues where appropriate. Appropriate levels of support will be
provided by a member of the paediatric Rheumatology team, and the post holder
will work closely with members of the nursing, clerical and administrative
team to ensure delivery of a high quality service to patients and their
families
The
job holder may be involved in research projects and will be expected to carry
out audits of their practice, and of the service
This
clinic is on a Tuesday once per month
Unfortunately
we are unable to accept AI generated applications
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will be expected to carry out advanced assessment of children
referred to the paediatric rheumatology out-patient service. As a member of
the paediatric rheumatology team, the post holder will use extensive clinical
knowledge and expertise, to carry out assessment, and refer for appropriate
testing, to facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post
holder will work to time pressures dictated by the out-patient setting,
seeking guidance from medical colleagues where appropriate. The post holder
will communicate with service users, referrers, and the wider MDT, and will
maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. The post holder may be
involved in research projects and audit.
As
lead clinician for the paediatric rheumatology physiotherapy team, the post
holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to
qualified and unqualified staff and students.
Successful
candidates will have highly specialised skills in paediatric rheumatology
physiotherapy, and advanced knowledge and experience of a wide variety of
paediatric orthopaedic conditions. They will have a high level of knowledge
of other conditions affecting children and young adults, including
inflammatory conditions, back pain, chronic pain.
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.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric
rheumatology out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric rheumatology
team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise, to
carry out assessment, and refer for appropriate testing, to facilitate
diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will work to time
pressures dictated by the out-patient setting, seeking guidance from medical
colleagues where appropriate. The post holder will communicate with service
users, referrers, and the wider MDT, and will maintain records as an
autonomous practitioner. The post holder may be involved in research projects
and audit.
As
lead clinician for the paediatric rheumatology physiotherapy team, the post
holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to
qualified and unqualified staff and students.
The
post holder will act as a role model to the physiotherapy team as a clinical
source of expertise, promoting quality evidence based practice to support an
effective and efficient service provision in the specialist area.
The
post holder will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the
paediatric rheumatology service. Responsibility for ensuring all requested
diagnostic tests are reported on, and actioned, will lie with the post
holder. The post holder will work with administrative colleagues to ensure
that access targets are met.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric
rheumatology out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric rheumatology
team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise, to
carry out assessment, and refer for appropriate testing, to facilitate
diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will work to time
pressures dictated by the out-patient setting, seeking guidance from medical
colleagues where appropriate. The post holder will communicate with service
users, referrers, and the wider MDT, and will maintain records as an
autonomous practitioner. The post holder may be involved in research projects
and audit.
As
lead clinician for the paediatric rheumatology physiotherapy team, the post
holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to
qualified and unqualified staff and students.
The
post holder will act as a role model to the physiotherapy team as a clinical
source of expertise, promoting quality evidence based practice to support an
effective and efficient service provision in the specialist area.
The
post holder will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the
paediatric rheumatology service. Responsibility for ensuring all requested
diagnostic tests are reported on, and actioned, will lie with the post
holder. The post holder will work with administrative colleagues to ensure
that access targets are met.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- Attendance on accredited post graduate courses to masters level or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of up to date knowledge and continued professional development
Desirable
- Member of CSP
- Relevant validated clinical courses.
- Formal management or leadership training
Other Criteria
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Excellent presentation skills using various media
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Transferable skills
- Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
- Excellent communication skills
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Forward thinking.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
- Able to work collaboratively within the MDT and with other trusts
- Committed to personal and team development.
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Confident and able to take responsibility
- Behavioural flexibility
- Caring, compassionate behaviours
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise patient caseloads.
- Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
- Contributes to the development of services. Provides leadership to ensure service provision to specified clinical areas
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment including the ability to impart information, on a daily basis regarding poor prognosis. Able to deal with emotional and challenging patients/carers
Desirable
- Presentation skills using various media.
- Competent IT Skills
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of diagnoses and treatment approaches, in this area of clinical practice.
- Broad clinical experience of paediatric Physiotherapy
- Good working knowledge of all areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
- Working knowledge of critical appraisal, audit and outcome measures.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists
- A good understanding of statistics and their evaluation.
- Competent IT Skills
- Active member of SIGS group
- Good knowledge of the research process and the ability to support and develop research activity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in physiotherapy or equivalent
- Attendance on accredited post graduate courses to masters level or equivalent
- HCPC Registration
- Evidence of up to date knowledge and continued professional development
Desirable
- Member of CSP
- Relevant validated clinical courses.
- Formal management or leadership training
Other Criteria
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Excellent presentation skills using various media
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Transferable skills
- Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
- Excellent communication skills
Skills and Behaviours
Essential
- Forward thinking.
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure.
- Able to work collaboratively within the MDT and with other trusts
- Committed to personal and team development.
- Motivated and enthusiastic
- Confident and able to take responsibility
- Behavioural flexibility
- Caring, compassionate behaviours
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise patient caseloads.
- Ability to pass on skills/knowledge to others within formal and informal environments
- Contributes to the development of services. Provides leadership to ensure service provision to specified clinical areas
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment including the ability to impart information, on a daily basis regarding poor prognosis. Able to deal with emotional and challenging patients/carers
Desirable
- Presentation skills using various media.
- Competent IT Skills
Experience
Essential
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of diagnoses and treatment approaches, in this area of clinical practice.
- Broad clinical experience of paediatric Physiotherapy
- Good working knowledge of all areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
- Working knowledge of critical appraisal, audit and outcome measures.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapists
- A good understanding of statistics and their evaluation.
- Competent IT Skills
- Active member of SIGS group
- Good knowledge of the research process and the ability to support and develop research activity.
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.
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).
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.
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).
