Paediatric Inpatient Team Lead

Sfh Tr; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a paediatric physiotherapist for a full-time, fixed-term maternity cover of 9 months. You will work in inpatient paediatrics with the aim of delivering high-quality assessment and treatment to children aged 0–19 years within a multidisciplinary team.

You will join a dedicated team focused on developing specialist paediatric skills, leadership and audit, and you will be supported in professional development and clinical governance.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy with HCPC registration.
• Substantial postgraduate paediatric experience and leadership.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for infants to 19-year-olds.
• Work within inpatient paediatric service in a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate patient records and documentation.

Skills

Paediatric physiotherapy

Communication skills

Clinical leadership

Education & supervision

Interprofessional collaboration

Documentation & record keeping

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

An exciting maternity cover opportunity has arisen for a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our inpatient therapy team on a full-time, fixed-term basis for 9 months.

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic clinician looking to further develop their specialist paediatric skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will work within our inpatient paediatric service, providing high-quality physiotherapy assessment and treatment to infants, children, and young people aged 0-19 years.

This varied caseload provides an exciting opportunity to develop and maintain advanced clinical expertise across a broad spectrum of paediatric specialities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dedicated and supportive team, making a meaningful difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families.

If you are an enthusiastic and experienced paediatric physiotherapist looking for your next challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Knowledge and skill requirements

• Highly specialist knowledge of acute paediatric respiratory and orthopaedic physiotherapy underpinned by theory and postgraduate courses
• A highly developed knowledge and ability to meet the standards and expected criteria for this therapy service
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Supervisory skills
• Able to work within a team independently
• Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
• Ability to lead change and is able to demonstrate implementation of new ways of working within a team
• Effective communication skills – oral and written
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient records
• Able to provide and receive complex and /or sensitive information
• Remain updated with professional practice and new research
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application to therapy
• Experience of Audit
• Ability to teach and pass on knowledge
• Experience of service evaluation and standard setting
• A broad understanding of the current local and national issues impacting on the Trust and service provision
• Modernisation Agenda for the NHS re new ways of working
• Computer literate with skill in using databases/spreadsheets and Powerpoint
• Accredited specialist acute respiratory and paediatric orthopaedic training

Qualifications

• Degree and/or Post Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
• State registration with HCPC

Further Training

• Speciality specific clinical and management short courses
• Leadership training

Experience

• Substantial Post graduate senior clinical experience, most recently working as a senior therapist which includes leadership and supervisory experience
• Proven experience of being an appraiser and supervisor of clinical staff
• Experience at Band 6 level in paediatrics
• Varied rotational experience
• Supervisory experience
• NHS experience
• Clinical educator

Contractual Requirements

• Flexible hours of working / weekend working when required

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

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For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

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Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applicationsand that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.