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Paediatric Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
| Posting date: | 28 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2024 |
| Location: | 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary, NE1 4LP |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6600522/317-2024-33-060 |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
A new and exciting job opportunity has arisen within our well-respected Therapy Services Department at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. We are recruiting an 18 month 0.5wte Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist as part of the national pilot Foetal Exposure to Medications (FEM) Service.
The FEM service pilot is a collaboration between Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust and the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital to scope out and set up a new and unique service providing specialist diagnosis, care planning, and advice for those adversely affected by foetal exposure syndromes. It is expected that approximately 100-150 patients will be seen. The Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist is one of the core members of this new highly specialist multi-disciplinary team that will work together throughout the duration of the project. We are therefore seeking a passionate, highly motivated and compassionate Physiotherapist with extensive clinical experience with children, young people and young adults.
• Interview Date: 2 October 2024
• 18 hours 45 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
You will be involved with children, young people and adults impacted by foetal exposure syndromes, alongside their families, as they access diagnosis and service. An understanding, therefore, of the physiotherapy relating to the identification, treatment and management of the client group to optimise their motor control and overall development is required. Experience working with patients who have neurodevelopmental and cognitive abnormalities, hypertonia and hyper-mobility is essential. As some of the affected young people have anxiety and/or depression previous experience of using a psychosocial approach would be beneficial.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Using advanced communication skills, you will participate in MDT clinics with assessment of patients, offering physiotherapy specific intervention/advice alongside signposting and onwards referrals. You will contribute to regular MDT meetings and provide specialist advice and information to local teams. You will be experience working as part of an MDT and referring appropriately to other professionals. You will work together with other professionals to provide one-off interventional support with school/college/workplaces to support participation through enabling adjustments. You will need to be able to produce clear written reports which will aid in informing diagnosis and providing advice to local therapy teams.You will liaise collaboratively with community and education colleagues across the region about ongoing management of children and young people and advising families sensitively about the needs of their child and local provision. Previous experience of setting up a service, seeking and acting on stakeholder feedback and quality improvement is also desirable.
• To provide expert assessment, treatment planning and review for patients (children, young people, and adults) exposed to valproate and other anti-seizure medications as part of specialist Newcastle MDT.
• To work as part of the Hospital’s MDT to provide clear advice and guidance to local integrated care system services and local teams with comprehensive treatment planning and through coordinating care.
• To support the evaluation and share therapy learning / feedback from the pilot project to inform a potential national roll out model and methodology.
• To contribute to therapy pathways of care for management of foetal exposure conditions and reduce variations in treatment pathways.
• To have responsibility for specialist outpatient caseload for patients referred. It is expected that 100-150 patients will be seen, for diagnostic work up and clinical management planning development, by the pilot project.
• To contribute to development of a model standard operating procedure and service specification for therapy to support the implementation of a national roll out across all NHS England regions.
• To collect service / therapy evaluation data such as formal feedback from patients, family, and other professionals.
• To appraise training needs and contribute to the development of education / training tools to improve health and educational professional knowledge within local teams and increase clinical expertise across a range of specialties’.
• To contribute to scientific publication documenting the clinical features associated with lower dose exposures to valproate to feed back into clinical care.
• To develop patient information leaflets and national guidelines relating to therapy provision for client group.
• To work collaboratively and communicate effectively with the Hospital MDT and local teams promoting shared learning and improved knowledge.
• To build networks regionally, nationally, and internationally in own specialist area.
• Provide an expert and comprehensive evidenced-based clinical service.
• Identify, co-ordinate and undertake Continual Professional Development for themselves, and lead on clinical audit, research activities and in-service training within specialist area.
2. JOB PURPOSE
• To be an expert practitioner (providing expert assessment, treatment planning and review) for patients exposed to valproate and other anti-seizure medications developing an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of such care.
• To promote Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust as national leaders in the speciality and as an international centre of excellence.
• To lead in partnership with the specialist MDT on developments and innovations in patient care within the Trust and with relevant external agencies, locally and nationally.
In line with the Trust’s commitment to clinical governance, develop, lead and implement standards for clinical audit to evaluate clinical effectiveness and promote clinical excellence within paediatric cardiac physiotherapy. To have a role in the development of multi-professional service development within the field. .
• To provide expert clinical leadership through teaching, supervision, advice, guidance and information to the paediatric physiotherapy team, other health care professionals, carers and relatives and other nonprofessional across the Trust and Partnership Organisations.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Sep 2024
A new and exciting job opportunity has arisen within our well-respected Therapy Services Department at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust. We are recruiting an 18 month 0.5wte Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist as part of the national pilot Foetal Exposure to Medications (FEM) Service.
The FEM service pilot is a collaboration between Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust and the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital to scope out and set up a new and unique service providing specialist diagnosis, care planning, and advice for those adversely affected by foetal exposure syndromes. It is expected that approximately 100-150 patients will be seen. The Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist is one of the core members of this new highly specialist multi-disciplinary team that will work together throughout the duration of the project. We are therefore seeking a passionate, highly motivated and compassionate Physiotherapist with extensive clinical experience with children, young people and young adults.
• Interview Date: 2 October 2024
• 18 hours 45 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
You will be involved with children, young people and adults impacted by foetal exposure syndromes, alongside their families, as they access diagnosis and service. An understanding, therefore, of the physiotherapy relating to the identification, treatment and management of the client group to optimise their motor control and overall development is required. Experience working with patients who have neurodevelopmental and cognitive abnormalities, hypertonia and hyper-mobility is essential. As some of the affected young people have anxiety and/or depression previous experience of using a psychosocial approach would be beneficial.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Using advanced communication skills, you will participate in MDT clinics with assessment of patients, offering physiotherapy specific intervention/advice alongside signposting and onwards referrals. You will contribute to regular MDT meetings and provide specialist advice and information to local teams. You will be experience working as part of an MDT and referring appropriately to other professionals. You will work together with other professionals to provide one-off interventional support with school/college/workplaces to support participation through enabling adjustments. You will need to be able to produce clear written reports which will aid in informing diagnosis and providing advice to local therapy teams.You will liaise collaboratively with community and education colleagues across the region about ongoing management of children and young people and advising families sensitively about the needs of their child and local provision. Previous experience of setting up a service, seeking and acting on stakeholder feedback and quality improvement is also desirable.
• To provide expert assessment, treatment planning and review for patients (children, young people, and adults) exposed to valproate and other anti-seizure medications as part of specialist Newcastle MDT.
• To work as part of the Hospital’s MDT to provide clear advice and guidance to local integrated care system services and local teams with comprehensive treatment planning and through coordinating care.
• To support the evaluation and share therapy learning / feedback from the pilot project to inform a potential national roll out model and methodology.
• To contribute to therapy pathways of care for management of foetal exposure conditions and reduce variations in treatment pathways.
• To have responsibility for specialist outpatient caseload for patients referred. It is expected that 100-150 patients will be seen, for diagnostic work up and clinical management planning development, by the pilot project.
• To contribute to development of a model standard operating procedure and service specification for therapy to support the implementation of a national roll out across all NHS England regions.
• To collect service / therapy evaluation data such as formal feedback from patients, family, and other professionals.
• To appraise training needs and contribute to the development of education / training tools to improve health and educational professional knowledge within local teams and increase clinical expertise across a range of specialties’.
• To contribute to scientific publication documenting the clinical features associated with lower dose exposures to valproate to feed back into clinical care.
• To develop patient information leaflets and national guidelines relating to therapy provision for client group.
• To work collaboratively and communicate effectively with the Hospital MDT and local teams promoting shared learning and improved knowledge.
• To build networks regionally, nationally, and internationally in own specialist area.
• Provide an expert and comprehensive evidenced-based clinical service.
• Identify, co-ordinate and undertake Continual Professional Development for themselves, and lead on clinical audit, research activities and in-service training within specialist area.
2. JOB PURPOSE
• To be an expert practitioner (providing expert assessment, treatment planning and review) for patients exposed to valproate and other anti-seizure medications developing an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of such care.
• To promote Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust as national leaders in the speciality and as an international centre of excellence.
• To lead in partnership with the specialist MDT on developments and innovations in patient care within the Trust and with relevant external agencies, locally and nationally.
In line with the Trust’s commitment to clinical governance, develop, lead and implement standards for clinical audit to evaluate clinical effectiveness and promote clinical excellence within paediatric cardiac physiotherapy. To have a role in the development of multi-professional service development within the field. .
• To provide expert clinical leadership through teaching, supervision, advice, guidance and information to the paediatric physiotherapy team, other health care professionals, carers and relatives and other nonprofessional across the Trust and Partnership Organisations.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Sep 2024
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