B7 Children's Physiotherapist (Neurorehabilitation)
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6148587/321-NOTSSCAN-6148587-B7 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Children’s Hospital is based on the John Radcliffe site and provides both DGH services as well as a Tertiary Centre role for specialist conditions including Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, Neuromuscular, Neurorehabilitation, Oncology, Cystic Fibrosis and Paediatric & Neonatal Critical Care.
The post holder will support all areas of inpatient Physiotherapy and lead the Physiotherapy input for children on the Neurorehabilitation Pathway, working closely in the dedicated multi-disciplinary team.
The Children’s Neurorehabilitation Service was established in Oxford in March 2016. We are referred patients from Paediatric Critical Care, District General Hospitals or wards from within the Children’s Hospital. The service aims to provide intensive and holistic multidisciplinary input and co-ordinate discharge planning to ensure a smooth transition of patients from hospital back into the community. Patients may have weekends at home enabling them to access their support network and reintegrate into their normal life but also highlight problem areas which the MDT can help them address whilst receiving intensive Neurorehabilitation. The successful post holder will play a key role in assisting with input for patients on the Neurorehabilitation pathway and work closely within the MDT to plan their discharge. The post holder will also provide cross cover for the wider inpatient Physiotherapy caseload across all specialities as appropriate.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Please see attached word document for the full job description and person specification.
Clinical
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional activities..
• To take on the role as a key worker/co-ordinator for approximately 30% of the annual Neurorehabilitation caseload.
• To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to help inform accurate diagnoses or medically significant changes (i.e. signs of deterioration) in a wide range of highly complex conditions.
• To demonstrate a good understanding of MDT spasticity management including pharmacological, non-pharmacological, orthotic, and therapeutic interventions.
• To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive treatment/discharge plans, whilst incorporating quality of life as a key indicator.
• To be responsible for own patient care plans and to be consulted frequently for specialist advice and guidance by junior team members and other health care professionals.
• To continually reassess patients to progress treatments effectively and advise patients, carers/relatives and other health care professionals.
• To assess a patient’s capacity to understand and to gain valid, informed consent for treatment.
• To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent or refuse treatment.
• To always manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload ensuring clinical risk is effectively managed across the Neurorehabilitation service.
• To sensitively deal with distressing or emotional circumstances regarding patient care e.g. imparting news or poor prognosis.
• To deal effectively with patients suffering from conditions that may lead to anxiety, depression and aggressive behaviour.
• To liaise with and advise other therapists, relevant medical staff, nursing staff, social workers and other health professionals with regard to patient care and use of therapeutic equipment.
• To communicate effectively with all other disciplines involved in the patient’s care both in the hospital and in the community thus ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and integrated service.
• To have a wide knowledge of postural management and therapeutic equipment.
• To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and treatment of patients.
• To be highly competent in assessing a wide range of conditions based on advanced theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, often in situations where conflicting evidence is present.
Management• To support the Neurorehabilitation multidisciplinary team and Paediatric Physiotherapy Team members in ensuring that staff implement policy and service development changes.
• To support the work done between the Children’s Neurorehabilitation Team members in the maintenance of common service standards.
• To support the Neurorehabilitation team in responding to national initiatives and policy within the framework of clinical governance including clinical effectiveness, evidence-based healthcare, managing clinical risk and research and development issues.
• To contribute to the management of the Paediatric Physiotherapy Department and Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Team including the development and implementation of departmental policies, which will impact on the Therapies or Neurorehabilitation Service.
• To be responsible for competent use, repair and maintenance reporting of all equipment and patient appliances and ensure that designated staff attain competency prior to use.
• To ensure that all equipment defects, accidents, and complaints are reported to the therapy manager and other relevant person(s) immediately and that appropriate action is taken.
• To attend mandatory fire, manual handling and resuscitation training on an annual basis and be familiar with local procedures within speciality areas of work and ensure that staff within the team are aware of their responsibilities.
• To be responsible for the daily and operational management, supervision and coordination of staff including staff appraisal, performance management and leading interview panels.
• To be responsible for the maintenance of risk registers and risk assessments relevant to the Neurorehabilitation Team.
• To attend and be an active participant in departmental staff and peer group meetings.
• To motivate and persuade others through advanced communication skills, with the benefit of verbal and non-verbal skills, using written and electronic information where needed.
• To maintain close links, communication and liaison between all staff and people involved in patient care, student education, as appropriate and always promote good working relationships.
• To resolve informal complaints and to be well versed with the Trust’s formal complaints procedure.
• To impart complex information to small groups of people, for example in class and training sessions, using a variety of methods of communication.
• To ensure close links of communication with the Paediatric Physiotherapy Management Team and senior staff as necessary, and to ensure timely and effective communication with the Children’s Acute Therapies Lead on all professional matters.
• To assist Children’s Acute Therapies Lead, in conjunction with other staff, in the efficient day to day management of the department.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
The Children’s Hospital is based on the John Radcliffe site and provides both DGH services as well as a Tertiary Centre role for specialist conditions including Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, Neuromuscular, Neurorehabilitation, Oncology, Cystic Fibrosis and Paediatric & Neonatal Critical Care.
The post holder will support all areas of inpatient Physiotherapy and lead the Physiotherapy input for children on the Neurorehabilitation Pathway, working closely in the dedicated multi-disciplinary team.
The Children’s Neurorehabilitation Service was established in Oxford in March 2016. We are referred patients from Paediatric Critical Care, District General Hospitals or wards from within the Children’s Hospital. The service aims to provide intensive and holistic multidisciplinary input and co-ordinate discharge planning to ensure a smooth transition of patients from hospital back into the community. Patients may have weekends at home enabling them to access their support network and reintegrate into their normal life but also highlight problem areas which the MDT can help them address whilst receiving intensive Neurorehabilitation. The successful post holder will play a key role in assisting with input for patients on the Neurorehabilitation pathway and work closely within the MDT to plan their discharge. The post holder will also provide cross cover for the wider inpatient Physiotherapy caseload across all specialities as appropriate.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Please see attached word document for the full job description and person specification.
Clinical
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional activities..
• To take on the role as a key worker/co-ordinator for approximately 30% of the annual Neurorehabilitation caseload.
• To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to help inform accurate diagnoses or medically significant changes (i.e. signs of deterioration) in a wide range of highly complex conditions.
• To demonstrate a good understanding of MDT spasticity management including pharmacological, non-pharmacological, orthotic, and therapeutic interventions.
• To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive treatment/discharge plans, whilst incorporating quality of life as a key indicator.
• To be responsible for own patient care plans and to be consulted frequently for specialist advice and guidance by junior team members and other health care professionals.
• To continually reassess patients to progress treatments effectively and advise patients, carers/relatives and other health care professionals.
• To assess a patient’s capacity to understand and to gain valid, informed consent for treatment.
• To work within a legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to consent or refuse treatment.
• To always manage clinical risk within own clinical caseload ensuring clinical risk is effectively managed across the Neurorehabilitation service.
• To sensitively deal with distressing or emotional circumstances regarding patient care e.g. imparting news or poor prognosis.
• To deal effectively with patients suffering from conditions that may lead to anxiety, depression and aggressive behaviour.
• To liaise with and advise other therapists, relevant medical staff, nursing staff, social workers and other health professionals with regard to patient care and use of therapeutic equipment.
• To communicate effectively with all other disciplines involved in the patient’s care both in the hospital and in the community thus ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and integrated service.
• To have a wide knowledge of postural management and therapeutic equipment.
• To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and treatment of patients.
• To be highly competent in assessing a wide range of conditions based on advanced theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, often in situations where conflicting evidence is present.
Management• To support the Neurorehabilitation multidisciplinary team and Paediatric Physiotherapy Team members in ensuring that staff implement policy and service development changes.
• To support the work done between the Children’s Neurorehabilitation Team members in the maintenance of common service standards.
• To support the Neurorehabilitation team in responding to national initiatives and policy within the framework of clinical governance including clinical effectiveness, evidence-based healthcare, managing clinical risk and research and development issues.
• To contribute to the management of the Paediatric Physiotherapy Department and Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Team including the development and implementation of departmental policies, which will impact on the Therapies or Neurorehabilitation Service.
• To be responsible for competent use, repair and maintenance reporting of all equipment and patient appliances and ensure that designated staff attain competency prior to use.
• To ensure that all equipment defects, accidents, and complaints are reported to the therapy manager and other relevant person(s) immediately and that appropriate action is taken.
• To attend mandatory fire, manual handling and resuscitation training on an annual basis and be familiar with local procedures within speciality areas of work and ensure that staff within the team are aware of their responsibilities.
• To be responsible for the daily and operational management, supervision and coordination of staff including staff appraisal, performance management and leading interview panels.
• To be responsible for the maintenance of risk registers and risk assessments relevant to the Neurorehabilitation Team.
• To attend and be an active participant in departmental staff and peer group meetings.
• To motivate and persuade others through advanced communication skills, with the benefit of verbal and non-verbal skills, using written and electronic information where needed.
• To maintain close links, communication and liaison between all staff and people involved in patient care, student education, as appropriate and always promote good working relationships.
• To resolve informal complaints and to be well versed with the Trust’s formal complaints procedure.
• To impart complex information to small groups of people, for example in class and training sessions, using a variety of methods of communication.
• To ensure close links of communication with the Paediatric Physiotherapy Management Team and senior staff as necessary, and to ensure timely and effective communication with the Children’s Acute Therapies Lead on all professional matters.
• To assist Children’s Acute Therapies Lead, in conjunction with other staff, in the efficient day to day management of the department.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
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