Paediatric Physiotherapist

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Hereford seeks a children's physiotherapist to join their community physiotherapy team. This role involves delivering comprehensive physiotherapy care to children aged 0-19 across various settings, including schools and homes. The ideal candidate has relevant experience and a degree in physiotherapy. You will manage a mixed caseload and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure top-quality care. A flexible working pattern is available, and travel will be a requirement.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Continued professional development support

Qualifications

• Relevant experience within NHS or equivalent settings.
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment.
• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of the post.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment using a variety of skills.
• Manage a mixed caseload of children and young people.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues.

Skills

Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions

Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist therapy skills

Experience of working with children

Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area

Computer skills including word processing and e-mail

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

We are seeking a children's physiotherapist to join our friendly and dynamic children's community physiotherapy team.

Our team provides comprehensive, child-centered physiotherapy care to children aged from 0 to 19 years. This is delivered in a variety of settings; the child's home, clinics, nursery settings, mainstream and special schools, hydrotherapy pools and community leisure facilities. We also support specialist MDT cystic fibrosis and rheumatology clinics and provide input to the children's ward at Hereford County Hospital.

We are currently working towards implementing the balanced system with a tiered approach to delivering our service. This is an exciting time of service development and the successful applicant will take an active part in this.

We will support your continued professional development and ensure that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to fulfil the expectations of the post.

Herefordshire is a large rural county. Travel will be required based on service need and access to a car for work purposes will be essential. This post will be predominantly based in Hereford city centre and the north of the county covering early year's settings, mainstream schools, special schools and clinics. We offer flexible working and the working pattern is negotiable.

For those with an interest in children’s physiotherapy but limited experience a developmental band 5 to band 6 role may be considered.

Main duties of the job

You will be an autonomous practitioner within a well-established team of therapists managing a mixed caseload of children and young people, including neurological, musculoskeletal and developmental conditions. You will provide assessment and treatment using a variety of skills and approaches, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and working as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder should have relevant experience with a commitment to providing high quality, evidence based practice and an excellent patient experience. You should be able to prioritise your workload, manage your time efficiently and work effectively within the team.

You will work closely with your multi-disciplinary and multi agency colleagues to ensure an integrated approach to patient care. This would include health, social care and education colleagues.

You will need to have a good understanding of safeguarding of children and young people.

You will play an active part in our on-going in-service training and clinical supervision sessions to support your own professional development and that of others, including students.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Experience

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
• Experience of working with children
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail

Other Factors

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
• Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. I.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Clinical Manager - Children's Physiotherapy