Paediatric Orthopaedics Physiotherapist - Ponseti & DDH

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; In loco; GBP 30.000 - 38.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

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

Competenze

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

Mansioni

• 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.

Conoscenze

Excellent communication

IT skills

Dexterity

Palpatory skills

Formazione

Physiotherapy degree or equivalent

Descrizione del lavoro

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