Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiotherapist; Neuromuscle & Neurology

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Alder Hey's neurosciences therapy team for an experienced physiotherapist with an interest in neuromuscular and long term conditions. The neurosciences therapy team at Alder Hey is made up of subspecialities including neuromuscle, acute neurology and neurosurgery, oncology and tone management. The successful candidate to this post will work mainly within the neuromuscular team, including the neuromuscular research team, but will have the opportunity to work with and support the wider neurosciences service as well as support children across the trust with complex neurodisability and developmental needs.

We are a large integrated therapy team with experienced occupational therapists and physiotherapists, rotational therapists and therapy assistants working across acute and outpatient services. We offer regular in-service training and peer supervision,

We welcome applications from experienced physiotherapists with a keen interest in the clinical speciality.

This post is permanent 0.8 WTE (30 hours) with the potential for an additional 7.5 hours (total 37.5 hours) to be discussed at interview.

Main duties of the job

  • To work with the existing Neuromuscular therapy team to assess, treat and plan the ongoing management of outpatients and inpatient of the North West Regional Neuromuscular Service integrating with the whole multidisciplinary team.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large and complex caseload of neuromuscular patients.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large caseload of complex neurodisability and developmental delay patients as required by the service.

  • To work across the neurosciences teams as needed to support the wider team objectives to provide high quality physiotherapy services to children under the neurosciences service.

  • To work with the neuromuscular research team, as a clinical evaluator in large multicentre commercial studies as well as participation in academic studies and national audit.

  • To help develop the service, undertaking appropriate audits and service reviews and to be responsible for the supervision of junior staff, students and therapy support staff.

  • To provide a range of specialist individualised therapeutic interventions, supporting children through provision of highly specialist advanced clinical reasoning, to provide formulate and deliver individual treatment plans.

About us

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

  • Great flexible working opportunities
  • Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
  • Generous annual leave and pension scheme
  • Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Details

Date posted

11 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

411-MED-24-6648464

Job locations

AlderHey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To work with the existing Neuromuscular therapy team to assess, treat and plan the ongoing management of outpatients and inpatient of the North West Regional Neuromuscular Service integrating with the whole multidisciplinary team.

  • To provide highly specialist and professional advice, education and liaison in conjunction with the clinical specialist to parents, carers, colleagues and all members of the multidisciplinary team.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large and complex caseload of neuromuscular patients. To lead a part of this service in conjunction with the clinical specialist.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large caseload of complex neurodisability and developmental delay patients who are inpatients in conjunction with the highly specialised occupational therapist and as required by the service.

  • To work across the neurosciences teams as needed to support the wider teamobjectives to provide high quality physiotherapy services to children under the neurosciences service.

  • To work with the neuromuscular research team, as a clinical evaluator in large multicentre commercial studies as well as participation in academic studies and national audit. To support the wider neurology team with research projects as needed.

  • To be directly involved in the clinical decision-making process as part of the neuromuscular therapy team, providing appropriate advice and education to families and colleagues to promote optimal therapy management.

  • To help develop the service, undertaking appropriate audits and service reviews and to be responsible for the supervision of junior staff, students and therapy support staff.

  • To provide a range of specialist individualised therapeutic interventions, supporting children through provision of highly specialist advanced clinical reasoning, to provide formulate and deliver individual treatment plans.

  • To provide aquatic therapy as required to support the neuromuscular aquatic therapy service.

  • To organise this caseload effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities, time, and staffing levels.

  • To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention in a range of settings; inpatients, outpatients, aquatic therapy pool and outreach clinics. Delivering holistic highly specialist assessment of the childs needs and providing treatment programmes to meet the childs care needs.

  • The post holder may be required to provide input to other areas of the service as required.

  • The post holder may be required to travel to appropriate regional, national and international training and networking events.

  • To build on previous experience enabling further development of clinical and managerial competencies, with responsibility for management and leadership of rotational staff, assistants and students within the team. To supervise and support junior staff within these specialities and support across the Therapy service.

Key Relationships (detail below)

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams within Alder Hey

Community Therapy teams across the North West Region

Neuromuscular MDT

Clinical Speciality teams such as orthopaedic, spinal, general paediatrics, neurology, Respiratory and LTV.

Clinical Research Team

Parents, Families

Social care and education

Please see Job description for more detailed description of main roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • To work with the existing Neuromuscular therapy team to assess, treat and plan the ongoing management of outpatients and inpatient of the North West Regional Neuromuscular Service integrating with the whole multidisciplinary team.

  • To provide highly specialist and professional advice, education and liaison in conjunction with the clinical specialist to parents, carers, colleagues and all members of the multidisciplinary team.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large and complex caseload of neuromuscular patients. To lead a part of this service in conjunction with the clinical specialist.

  • To work as an autonomous practitioner managing a large caseload of complex neurodisability and developmental delay patients who are inpatients in conjunction with the highly specialised occupational therapist and as required by the service.

  • To work across the neurosciences teams as needed to support the wider teamobjectives to provide high quality physiotherapy services to children under the neurosciences service.

  • To work with the neuromuscular research team, as a clinical evaluator in large multicentre commercial studies as well as participation in academic studies and national audit. To support the wider neurology team with research projects as needed.

  • To be directly involved in the clinical decision-making process as part of the neuromuscular therapy team, providing appropriate advice and education to families and colleagues to promote optimal therapy management.

  • To help develop the service, undertaking appropriate audits and service reviews and to be responsible for the supervision of junior staff, students and therapy support staff.

  • To provide a range of specialist individualised therapeutic interventions, supporting children through provision of highly specialist advanced clinical reasoning, to provide formulate and deliver individual treatment plans.

  • To provide aquatic therapy as required to support the neuromuscular aquatic therapy service.

  • To organise this caseload effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities, time, and staffing levels.

  • To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention in a range of settings; inpatients, outpatients, aquatic therapy pool and outreach clinics. Delivering holistic highly specialist assessment of the childs needs and providing treatment programmes to meet the childs care needs.

  • The post holder may be required to provide input to other areas of the service as required.

  • The post holder may be required to travel to appropriate regional, national and international training and networking events.

  • To build on previous experience enabling further development of clinical and managerial competencies, with responsibility for management and leadership of rotational staff, assistants and students within the team. To supervise and support junior staff within these specialities and support across the Therapy service.

Key Relationships (detail below)

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams within Alder Hey

Community Therapy teams across the North West Region

Neuromuscular MDT

Clinical Speciality teams such as orthopaedic, spinal, general paediatrics, neurology, Respiratory and LTV.

Clinical Research Team

Parents, Families

Social care and education

Please see Job description for more detailed description of main roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy, recognised by Health and Care Professions Council
  • Member of HCPC
  • evidence of Level 7 or equivalent study (or ability and willingness to work towards

Desirable

  • Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Member of Association Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists
  • Post grad training in relevant clinical area at level 7
  • post grad training in relevant clinical area

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post- registration experience in the clinical area (neurodisability, neuromuscle, normal development)
  • Experience at band 6 in paediatric patients in clinical area
  • Experience of participation in service development

Desirable

  • experience of aquatic therapy
  • experience of clinical audit

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of in depth knowledge of paediatric conditions (including specialised neurological and developmental assessment).
  • Evidence of knowledge of a wide range of approaches used within Physiotherapy
  • Evidence of being capable of Physiotherapy assessment techniques

Desirable

  • Participation in clinical research
  • Evidence of knowledge of current approaches and developments in clinical area

Personal

Essential

  • The ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
  • Proven ability to compliment the existing dynamics of the team

Desirable

  • Innovative in approach and outlook

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of excellent communication skills both written and verbal, enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers, and children and those who have communication difficulties.
  • Physical ability to carry out any therapeutic handling required
  • Ability to demonstrate highly specialist assessment, treatment, and management skills within the clinical speciality.
  • Proven ability to prioritise and organise caseload, underpinned by sound time management skills.
  • Ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice

Desirable

  • Excellent presentation skills
  • computer skills
  • ability to facilitate MDT working
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy, recognised by Health and Care Professions Council
  • Member of HCPC
  • evidence of Level 7 or equivalent study (or ability and willingness to work towards

Desirable

  • Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Member of Association Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists
  • Post grad training in relevant clinical area at level 7
  • post grad training in relevant clinical area

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post- registration experience in the clinical area (neurodisability, neuromuscle, normal development)
  • Experience at band 6 in paediatric patients in clinical area
  • Experience of participation in service development

Desirable

  • experience of aquatic therapy
  • experience of clinical audit

Knowledge

Essential

  • Evidence of in depth knowledge of paediatric conditions (including specialised neurological and developmental assessment).
  • Evidence of knowledge of a wide range of approaches used within Physiotherapy
  • Evidence of being capable of Physiotherapy assessment techniques

Desirable

  • Participation in clinical research
  • Evidence of knowledge of current approaches and developments in clinical area

Personal

Essential

  • The ability to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service.
  • Proven ability to compliment the existing dynamics of the team

Desirable

  • Innovative in approach and outlook

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of excellent communication skills both written and verbal, enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers, and children and those who have communication difficulties.
  • Physical ability to carry out any therapeutic handling required
  • Ability to demonstrate highly specialist assessment, treatment, and management skills within the clinical speciality.
  • Proven ability to prioritise and organise caseload, underpinned by sound time management skills.
  • Ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice

Desirable

  • Excellent presentation skills
  • computer skills
  • ability to facilitate MDT working

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).

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.

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

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

AlderHey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Address

AlderHey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy to Head of Service

Sarah Gregson

sarah.gregson@alderhey.nhs.uk

01512525660

Details

Date posted

11 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

411-MED-24-6648464

Job locations

AlderHey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Eaton Road

Liverpool

L12 2AP


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