Highly Specialist Children's Physiotherapist

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is excited to offer a role as a Highly Specialist Children's Physiotherapist. This position is pivotal in providing high-quality care in collaboration with specialists, contributing to service development, and mentoring junior staff. Successful candidates will receive development opportunities and have the chance to work flexibly across NHS Trusts.

Benefits

Flexible shifts

Paid annual leave

Access to Learning & Development

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• HCPC registered as a Physiotherapist.
• Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent.
• Previous experience as Paediatric Physiotherapist in NHS.

Responsibilities

• Lead on service aspects, ensuring high standards in child-centred care.
• Manage own caseload and provide specialist interventions.
• Contribute to service development and supervise junior staff.

Skills

Child-centred care

Clinical Governance

Supervision and training

Education

Degree In Physiotherapy or equivalent

HCPC registered

Job description

Highly Specialist Children's Physiotherapist

This is an exciting opportunity to progress yourphysiotherapy career within the Hertfordshire Community Trust.

Main duties of the job

To lead on designatedaspects of service in collaboration with Clinical Quality Leads, Team Leads,and Highly Specialist Therapists, ensuring high standards of child-centred careare achieved. To provide highly specialist PT input in your area of specialismand to design and develop evidence-based treatment plans and managementprogrammes following assessment.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job responsibilities

To contribute to the development of the Physiotherapist service inyour area of specialism and to participate in the review and updating ofpolicies and procedures.

To provide clinical support for Physiotherapist staff todevelop their skills in the area of specialism through training, secondopinions, and joint working, while supervising assistants, PT students, andless experienced Physiotherapists.

To manage your own caseload in a range ofsettings, providing highly specialist interventions and offering information toparents, carers, and other professionals.

To maintain continuous professional developmentin your area of specialism and to inform the Clinical Quality Leads and TeamLeads of the impact of research, policy, etc., on local policies andprocedures.

To participate and promote Clinical Governance,thus ensuring the highest quality of practice is maintained, within theservice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registered.
• Degree In Physiotherapy or equivalent.
• Registered member of British Association of OT/Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
• Previous Experience of working as Paediatric Physiotherapist in NHS with System One knowledge.
• UK Driving License and Car Owner.

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.