Band 6 Paediatric Physiotherapist | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a band 6 paediatric physiotherapist to join their team, providing therapy for children aged 0-19 in various settings. Responsibilities include assessing and treating caseloads, providing individual exercise programs, and supervising students. Opportunities for training and development are available within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in treating children with neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, and developmental presentations.
• Ability to provide individualized home and school exercise programs.
• Experience in teaching and supervising student physiotherapists.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment and treatment of own caseload.
• Provide individualised home and school exercise programs.
• Organize groups and contribute to training for the wider paediatric team.

Skills

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Communication with parents and education staff

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

This band 6 paediatric physiotherapy post offers experience in a variety of settings working closely with the multi-disciplinary team. This is a rotational post including the community team based at Kentish Town Health Centre, Swiss Cottage special school and the Child Development team. The paediatric physiotherapy service covers children and young people who are aged from 0-19 in Camden. We provide therapy into a variety of settings including clinics, schools, nurseries and patients' homes. Specialist service provision includes serial casting, aquatherapy, rebound therapy, rehabilitation following botulinum toxin and SDR with opportunity to work in these areas. Training is provided for CPIP assessments, developmental assessments, outcome measures and therapeutic interventions with an emphasis on evidence based, child centred practice. Opportunities for learning and development are provided through supervision, appraisal and training within our supportive team as well as external training opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment and treatment of own caseload
• Assessment of children with a range of different presentations neurological, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal and developmental
• Responsible for provision of individualised home and school exercise programs
• Updating of programmes teaching for Teaching Assistants/Manual Handling Plans
• Liaison with parents/carers/education staff and the interdisciplinary team including school based staff in relation to physiotherapy programme
• Maintenance/reviews of patient equipment.
• Review of orthotics.
• NP/ F/U booking appointments for - booking / telephone calls.
• Correspondence: emails / answer-phone messages/letters
• Documentation / correspondence/ out coming patients/educational annual reviews/equipment provision/ orthotic monitoring/ joint manual handling plans
• Responsible for organising groups
• Teaching and clinical supervision of student physiotherapists
• Contribute to in service training for the wider paediatric team

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.