Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy team at Derbyshire Children's Hospital. We are seeking to recruit a permanent full-time band 6 paediatric physiotherapist to join our small but friendly paediatric therapy team.

The post entails working across both inpatient and outpatient care and has an agreement to participate in the Paediatric weekend and bank holiday on-call rota.

The applicant will require a breadth of physiotherapy experience across MSK, Neurology and respiratory specialisms and some knowledge of working with children would be desirable however extensive training and support will be provided. The candidate should possess excellent communication, assessment, clinical reasoning and treatment skills as well as a desire to work with children.

This is a wonderful and unique opportunity to develop your expertise in the speciality of paediatric physiotherapy in a committed and hard-working team.

We are seeking a good team player, who is effective at MDT working. The post holder will need to be a compassionate, accountable individual who treats all colleagues, patients and service users with respect and seeks to deliver excellence in their role. You will share the Trust values and be committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

You can expect regular supervision and a yearly appraisal. You will receive and participate in IST and be supported and developed by highly specialist staff.

Main duties of the job

Assess, plan and treat a wide variety of paediatric outpatients including MSK, orthopaedics and chronic pain. Covering Hydrotherapy may also be included.

Assess, plan and treat a number of respiratory and neurological outpatients including dysfunctional breathing, recurrent chest infections, Asthma, PCD, Bronchiectasis; and developmental delay, gross motor difficulties, torticollis and longer term neurological rehabilitation.

Assess, plan and treat a wide variety of paediatric inpatients across our 3 wards (allocated ward time daily).

Participate in our Paediatric weekend on-call rota (daytime) covering for emergency / planned care.

Act as clinical mentor / jointly supervising students and other members of staff as required.

To provide training to the therapy team, members of the MDT and other health care professionals within various areas across paediatrics.

. Keep up to date with evidenced based practice and comply with mandatory training requirements

. Participate in department audits and the measurement of outcomes

. Maintain legally required patient records, Lorenzo and workload data.

Closing date of applications: 18 June 2024

Interview date: 02 July 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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