Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients/clients in your care.

To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients/clients using clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.

Formulate and deliver an individual treatment programme using assessment, reasoning skills and treatment skills based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options.

To take delegated responsibility from a senior clinician for managing patients/clients with particular conditions and be responsible for providing assessment and treatment plans for patients with these conditions.

Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required reporting back to senior clinician with regular support and advice from senior clinician.

To have the ability to undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.

To participate in weekend and evening working, following appropriate training, without direct supervision for example out of hours/orthopaedic seven day working.

MANAGERIAL/LEADERSHIP(including Financial/Physical Resources and Staffing)

To demonstrate leadership by means of:

Effecting change within sphere of practice, when and where indicated, to improve service delivery

Motivating, supporting and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the Trust

To take responsibility for own decision making and the decisions of their team which effect service delivery.

To undertake any other duties that might be considered appropriate by senior staff.

CLINICAL

To be responsible for a designated area of work, as delegated by a senior clinician. Plan and organise efficiently and effectively patient/client caseload, and use of time for self.

To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties, and to adhere to policy, including competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching, training and supervision of practice.

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of treatment and to ensure a consistent approach to patient care.

To provide clinical advice to colleagues working within other clinical areas.

To provide clinical advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT regarding the management of patients.

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

To maintain own clinical professional development (CPD) by keeping abreast of any new trends and developments, and incorporate them as appropriate into your work. To support junior staff to do likewise.

To be an active member of relevant training programmes attending and delivering presentations at staff meetings/tutorialsand by attending external courses and being a reflective practitioner.

To participate in the supervision scheme as supervisee and supervisor when appropriate.

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE/RESEARCH AUDIT

To adhere to the appropriate Registrant Body code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and comply with local and national standards of practice.

Undertake policy and service development changes as directed.

Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation.

Undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit and outcome measures under direct guidance.

To comply with the organisational and local policies and procedures and to be involved in the reviewing and updating as appropriate.

To support research activity within the Service.

To engage actively in practice development, evaluation, audit and research activities relevant to service to promote evidence based practice.

COMMUNICATION

To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise potential and to ensure understanding of their condition.

To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients/clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include participating in a variety of MDT, internal and external agency meetings and forums plus other forms of verbal/written communication as necessary including report writing and referrals to other agencies.

To communicate highly sensitive information effectively with all patient groups/clients/carers where there may be difficulties in accepting or understanding information.

To maintain tact and diplomacy and use highly developed communication skills when working in situations which may become hostile/antagonistic including potential complaints as per Trust Policy.

To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation, in line with legal and local requirements, and communicate assessment and treatment results to the appropriate disciplines in the form of reports and letters.

To undertake as directed the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in health or social care appropriate to role
• HCPC Registered (an applicant may apply without HCPC registration but it would be deemed essential this is gained before employment)

Experience

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills within a paediatric care setting, both community and clinic based.

Desirable

• Ability to demonstrate a good level of knowledge and skills within a paediatric setting

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High Professional Standards
• Responsive to service users needs
• Strong Customer Service focus
• Transparency and Honesty
• Discreet
• change orientated

Skills

Essential

• Ability to travel in the course of performing duties.
• Able to work under supervision and as part of a team
• Ability to problem solve
• Organisational/ time management skills of self
• Excellent communication (written and oral) skills
• Leadership skills

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.

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

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Manor Farm Primary Care resource Centre

Manor Farm Road

Liverpool

L36 0UB

Employer's website

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