Highly Specialist Physiotherapist; Neurodisability

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Lease car scheme and Home Electronics

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Staff health and wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust seeks a specialist physiotherapist for the Neurodisability and Tone Management Service. You will work within an integrated therapy team, assessing and treating children with complex neurodisability and supporting ward-based rehabilitation.

HCPC registration is required, with significant post-graduate experience. The role involves supervision of juniors and collaboration with multi-agency teams to optimise outcomes for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in physiotherapy recognised by the HCPC.
• Level 7 study.
• HCPC registration.
• Significant post-graduate experience in relevant specialist fields.
• Experience supervising and delegating tasks to junior staff.
• Experience working in a multiagency team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a clinical role in tone management for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders.
• Deliver advanced, evidence-based assessment and treatment in line with recognised national standards.
• Join the integrated neurology therapy service, working with the neurology therapy team.
• Work autonomously to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for patients with complex neurodisability.
• Apply advanced analytical and clinical reasoning to decisions on each child's management and physical presentation.
• Give specialist advice, education and liaison to patients, carers, colleagues and multi-agency teams.
• Supervise junior staff and students.
• Support the wider neurology team in managing children and young people with neurodisability.

Skills

Specialist assessment techniques

Post-graduate courses

Communication

Child protection

Education

Diploma or degree in physiotherapy

Level 7 study

Job description

A specialist physiotherapy post in the Neurodisability and Tone Management Service at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, within an integrated therapy team with occupational therapists and assistant practitioners. The core work is specialist assessment of children and young people with complex neurodisability, feeding into clinical decisions within the multidisciplinary team. The role also covers ward-based therapy and rehabilitation after tone management, managing a complex caseload alongside the neurology and neurosurgical teams. Applicants need HCPC registration and significant post-graduate experience.

What the job involves

• Provide a clinical role in tone management for children with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including interventions linked to neurosurgery
• Deliver advanced, evidence-based assessment and treatment in line with recognised national standards
• Join the integrated neurology therapy service, working with the neurology therapy team and with support from the Clinical Specialist
• Work autonomously to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate interventions for patients with acute, long-term, serious or life-limiting conditions
• Apply advanced analytical and clinical reasoning to decisions on each child's management and physical presentation
• Give specialist advice, education and liaison to patients, carers, colleagues and multi-agency teams
• Supervise junior staff and students
• Support the wider neurology team in managing children and young people with neurodisability

Qualifications

• Diploma or degree in physiotherapy recognised by the HCPC
• Level 7 study

Registration & licences

• Membership of the HCPC

Experience

• Significant post-graduate experience in relevant specialist fields or rotations
• Proven experience across a wide range of approaches to patient management
• Experience supervising, teaching and delegating tasks to junior physiotherapists, undergraduates and other staff
• Experience of positive working as part of a multiagency team

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of a wide range of specialist approaches and evidence of specialist assessment techniques
• Relevant post-graduate courses for the specialty
• Knowledge of current trends in the clinical specialty and current pertinent therapy issues locally and nationally
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to converse across a range of understanding
• Proven knowledge of child protection

Other

• Physical ability to carry out any therapeutic handling required
• Proven ability to prioritise and organise a caseload with sound time management
• Current CPD portfolio and a sound understanding of clinical governance
• Ability to complement the dynamics of the existing team and be flexible

Nice to have

• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Paediatric experience as a Band 6 in a specialist clinical field
• Basic computer skills
• Current membership of a specific clinical interest group such as ACPC or ACPIN

What’s offered

• Flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Staff health and wellbeing programmes