Band 7 Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional activities in line with the standards of the Trust, Department, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

To take a lead role in the advanced assessment, treatment and management of patients, who frequently have complex and or chronic conditions. This may include psychosocial and emotional issues as well as physical components and will involve using investigative and analytical skills.

To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical data to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of highly complex conditions. From this analysis, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive management and discharge plans.

To formulate individualised treatment plans, using highly developed clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a highly specialised program of care.

To utilise highly skilled dexterity, co-ordination, palpatory senses and patient handling techniques to facilitate advanced assessment and treatment.

To work as an autonomous practitioner, with access to expert advice and support from experienced clinicians as required.

To ensure that self and other team members are able to identify those patients who pose a high manual handling risk. To utilise departmental systems and guidelines to facilitate manual handling risk assessments and develop treatment and management plans accordingly.

To provide highly specialised professional help and advice to physiotherapy colleagues, GPs, other members of the MDT and to relatives and carers on a daily basis, facilitating effective communication.

To provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to patients, relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims and goals of physiotherapy, ensure understanding of the condition and to maximise rehabilitation potential.

To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress their rehabilitation and treatment programmes. This will include patients who may have difficulties in

understanding or communicating. For example patients who may be demented, dysphasic, deaf, depressed, blind or unable to accept diagnosis.

To deal with highly sensitive situations with patients, relatives and carers where communication is difficult and support more junior members of staff with these patients. For example explaining and dealing with the implications of a diagnosis (progressive neurological disease for example).

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

To take a lead role in the organisation of internal courses and deliver training to physiotherapy staff.

To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out physiotherapy duties and to adhere to departmental policies. This includes competence to use equipment and to ensure the safe use of equipment by others through teaching training and supervision of practise.

To support the management team in monitoring the use of current equipment and in identifying new equipment needed.

To have clinical responsibility for a highly specialised caseload of patients, organising this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time and support other staff to do likewise.

To provide highly skilled and specialist training and education to other healthcare professionals including nurses, doctors, GPs, special interest groups.

To be actively involved in the recruitment and selection process of staff and other human resource issues. This includes identifying and highlighting problems with staff; dealing with informal or formal disciplinary actions when requested by the management team etc.

To induct new staff and rotating staff as required.

To support the management team in the organisation, delivery and attendance of mandatory training, staff meetings, in service training programmes and external training as required.

To communicate assessment and treatment results to the relevant disciplines via the most appropriate methods e.g. reports, letters, medical notes and ensure self and others maintain high standards.

To have a major role in ensuring appropriate risk management occurs within designated area, such as risk assessment and timely completion of incident forms (IR1), reporting back to management team.

To be actively involved in the collection of appropriate data and statistics for the use of the department and ensure that other staff do likewise.

To develop links and gain knowledge from other professionals in designated area by attending appropriate external lectures and meetings e.g. Network meetings or those run by special interest groups.

To take a lead role in working collaboratively with medical, nursing and therapy colleagues to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated multi disciplinary service. This will include initiating and participating in case conferences, MDT meetings, ward rounds, service delivery meetings etc.

To screen and prioritise referrals for physiotherapy treatment, including those of highly complex patients.

To work on any of the Trust

Person Specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Degree in Physiotherapy or Diploma or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration for profession
• Evidence or portfolio of postgraduate continued development in specialist clinical area

Desirable

• Membership of specialist interest group

Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Experience

Essential

• Substantial postgraduate experience at a Band 6 level
• Wide range of paediatric experience in both in and outpatient settings
• Evidence of practical experience with children of all ages
• Experience of multidisciplinary and interagency working

Desirable

• Experience at a Band 7 Level

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Specialist knowledge within Paediatrics and ability to apply this in a clinical setting
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning including problem solving
• Positive attitude to and ability to cope well with change
• Excellent communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regarding complex and sensitive issues
• Highly effective written communication skills
• Able to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
• Teaching and supervisory skills within formal and informal environments to peers and other professionals
• Clear vision of role and commitment to speciality
• Committed to personal and team development
• Able to manage own clinical caseload by prioritising effectively and support others to do the same
• Ability to lead and work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
• Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines and support others to do the same
• Competent IT skills including use of internet, email and word processing
• Good presentation 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.

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

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Barnet Hospital

Well House Lane

Barnet

EN5 4DJ

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)