Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist MSK/Orthopaedics

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford is seeking an HCPC-registered Physiotherapist to join the paediatric orthopaedic team on an 8-month secondment. You will support DDH and Ponseti clinics, deliver clinical care to children with MSK conditions, and supervise junior staff across sites including Stoke Mandeville.

The role requires experience in children’s orthopaedics and Ponseti clinics, with responsibilities spanning casting, physiotherapy and complex care planning while ensuring

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy degree or equivalent.
• HCPC registration.
• Prior experience in children’s orthopaedics and Ponseti clinics.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of the DDH and Ponseti service alongside the Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
• Deliver clinical care in the children’s orthopaedic and MSK team, including CTEV, DDH, pre- and post-operative casting, serial casting and physiotherapy.
• Assess children as an autonomous practitioner, including highly complex presentations, and set and review care plans.
• Refer babies with CTEV needing tenotomies to the Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons and co-ordinate minor surgical procedures.
• Assess and refer children with structural CTEV or other structural abnormalities to the DDH Screening service.
• Triage DDH referrals in the absence of the Advanced Practitioner and co-ordinate physiotherapy, nursing and radiography teams.
• Offer antenatal support to parents of newly diagnosed babies with structural CTEV.
• Supervise and support registrant and non-registrant physiotherapy staff, including students.
• Work cross-site, including at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, when required.
• Maintain accurate records of all children under the service, meeting legal and GDPR requirements.
• Champion evidence-based practice and quality assurance, and take part in research and audit.
• Assess capacity and consent, and manage clinical risk within own caseload and across the service.

Skills

Excellent communication

IT skills

Dexterity

Palpatory skills

Education

Physiotherapy degree or equivalent

Job description

This 8-month post, created by a research secondment, sits in the paediatric orthopaedic team at Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder supports the Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip and Ponseti clubfoot clinic service alongside the Advanced Clinical Practitioner, running casting and physiotherapy for children with musculoskeletal conditions and supervising physiotherapy staff. Two days a week are spent in these specialist clinics, with cross-site work at Stoke Mandeville possible. Candidates need HCPC registration and prior experience in children's orthopaedics and Ponseti clinics.

What the job involves

• Support delivery of the DDH and CTEV Ponseti service alongside the Advanced Clinical Practitioner
• Deliver clinical care in the children's orthopaedic and MSK team, including CTEV, DDH, pre- and post-operative casting, serial casting and physiotherapy
• Assess children as an autonomous practitioner, including highly complex presentations, and set and review care plans
• Refer babies with CTEV needing tenotomies to the Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons and co-ordinate minor surgical procedures
• Assess and refer children with structural CTEV or other structural abnormalities to the DDH Screening service
• Triage DDH referrals in the absence of the Advanced Practitioner and co-ordinate physiotherapy, nursing and radiography teams
• Offer antenatal support to parents of newly diagnosed babies with structural CTEV
• Supervise and support registrant and non-registrant physiotherapy staff, including students
• Work cross-site, including at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, when required
• Maintain accurate records of all children under the service, meeting legal and GDPR requirements
• Champion evidence-based practice and quality assurance, and take part in research and audit
• Assess capacity and consent, and manage clinical risk within own caseload and across the service

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy degree or equivalent

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Prior experience in children's orthopaedics
• Experience of working in a Ponseti clinic

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication skills with patients, parents and staff
• IT skills and experience of electronic record keeping
• Highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment
• Advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology and paediatric orthopaedics

Nice to have

• Certificate of Basic and Advanced Ponseti training
• Graf certification or solid DDH experience
• Ability to travel between sites
• Evidence of service development or clinical audit experience