Paediatric Physiotherapist

Countess of Chester Hospital; Chester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in Chester is seeking a skilled Paediatric Physiotherapist to join their team. This role involves assessment and management of children's rehabilitation, requiring a postgraduate qualification and experience in clinical settings. The position offers a chance to provide vital services within a collaborative multidisciplinary team, contributing significantly to child healthcare.

Qualifications

• Must be an experienced clinician with appropriate qualifications.
• Needs experience in managing complex cases.
• Understanding of clinical outcome measures is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a caseload of children aged 0-19.
• Liaise with the multidisciplinary team to provide care.
• Develop and implement effective treatment plans.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Patient led goal setting

Prioritisation

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Physiotherapy

Job description

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Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic clinician to work within our integrated multidisciplinary team providing assessment and management of children aged 0-19 years.

Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week

We are looking for an experienced, skilled and enthusiastic clinician to work within our integrated multidisciplinary team providing assessment and management of children aged 0-19 years.

The post is open to an experienced Physiotherapist with postgraduate experience. You will be expected to coordinate your own caseload of

children, liaise closely with the MDT, contribute to service development and provide supervision to Band 5 Therapists and Therapy Assistants where appropriate.

Experience in prioritisation, patient led goal setting, clinical outcome measures and advanced clinical reasoning are essential.

The post holder will provide a specialist Physiotherapy assessment of patients with complex clinical presentation and pathology to determine a

clinical diagnosis and provide treatment via therapeutic interventions and develop effective treatment plans. They will manage and lead

specialised Physiotherapy intervention to a designated caseload with complex needs.

Our service covers children aged 0-19 who will be seen over various settings including the child’s home, Children Centers, Nurseries, Schools and in the Therapy Department.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
  
  

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ashley Caple Job title: Team Leader for Paediatric Therapies Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01244 363260

Contact via email in the first instance please due to remote and community working patterns. We can then arrange a convenient date and time to talk.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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