Job summary
Children and Young People's Physiotherapist- Band 7 Acute inpatients and Outpatients
Up to 37.5 hours per week- full time/part time/job share considered
The Therapy Services team at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7paediatric physiotherapist to join the team based at Barnet Hospital. Candidates should have significant experience in managing a wide variety of acute paediatric complaints and conditions in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
The post holder will cover the general paediatric ward, be responsible for an outpatient caseload and on occasion be needed for an acute patient in fracture clinic or ED.
Main duties of the job
The role will include assessing patients' therapy needs and devising, implementing and evaluating treatment plans. We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate individual with experience, skills and knowledge of the diverse paediatric specialty. The successful candidate should be a confident physiotherapist with the ability to work autonomously, and who possesses excellent communication skills required when liaising effectively with patients, parents/carers, and colleagues within the MDT and wider community health services.
You will enjoy peer group support from the paediatric outpatient physiotherapy team and dieticians who work in paediatrics. In addition, peers in the adult specialities are available to use as part of your clinical reasoning and problem solving. The Clinical Lead for the team is also a highly specialised children's physiotherapist who will be able to support you in post. There are significant opportunities for CPD and ongoing postgraduate education.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
Therapy Services has a high profile within the Trust, being firmly committed to quality improvement, audit, service evaluation and improvement. We undertake yearly presentations of our achievements for the year; undertaking PDSA and QI projects to ensure we are delivering the most effective, safe and high quality service.
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Job description
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Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
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 post-graduate continued development in specialist clinical area
Desirable
- Membership of specialist interest group
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
- Awareness of current health issues
- 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 organisational skills
- 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
- Able to maintain judgement and make decisions under pressure
- 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
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Highly effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness in a range of situations
- Ability to negotiate at a variety of levels
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Forward thinking
- Punctual and reliable
- Able to work weekends when required
- Able to work on different sites
Others
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
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 post-graduate continued development in specialist clinical area
Desirable
- Membership of specialist interest group
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
- Awareness of current health issues
- 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 organisational skills
- 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
- Able to maintain judgement and make decisions under pressure
- 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
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential
- Highly effective interpersonal skills, including assertiveness in a range of situations
- Ability to negotiate at a variety of levels
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Forward thinking
- Punctual and reliable
- Able to work weekends when required
- Able to work on different sites
Others
Essential
- Physically fit and able to comply with trust manual handling guidelines
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).
