Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare team as a Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist specializing in delivering quality care to children across Poole and surrounding areas. This role offers a chance to gain experience in a dynamic therapy team, focusing on in-patient and out-patient care for diverse pediatric conditions while promoting a child-friendly service.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years postgraduate physiotherapy experience required.
• Access to a car for community visits is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Deliver physiotherapy services to children aged 0-19 years.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team across various settings.

Skills

Child Development

Patient Assessment

Intervention Planning

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy

Postgraduate Qualification in Paediatrics

Job description

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We are looking for an initiative-taking and experienced physiotherapist with a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience to join our team. This post gives an excellent opportunity to gain experience in working as part of a specialised integrated therapy team delivering in-patient and out-patient care. This is a fixed term post covering a minimum of 9 months maternity cover from November 26.

The post-holder will rotate between the paediatric teams to work with children with medical, musculoskeletal, neuro-developmental, orthopaedic, and other conditions. The post includes assessment and intervention to children aged 0-19 years living in the Poole, Bournemouth, and East Dorset areas.

Services are delivered in a variety of settings, including paediatric wards, nurseries, schools, and out-patient settings across all University Hospitals Dorset Trust sites.

We collaborate closely with the multi-disciplinary paediatric team and colleagues working in social care, health, and education services. We are committed to delivering high quality services for the children and families we work with in a child friendly manner.

Applicants must have access to a car for community visits.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

To be part of a team of therapists providing a highly specialised Physiotherapy (PT) assessment, treatment and advice service to children, 0-19 years and their parents/carers referred to the service, covering Bournemouth, Poole, and East Dorset.

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caroline Morris Job title: Acute Paediatric Physiotherapy Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0300 019 8251

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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