Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiotherapist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc (pro rata) ***pay award pending*** |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6644481/259-6644481RLH |
Summary
Barts Health NHS Trust has a vision to be a high performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London
and beyond.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the paediatric therapy team. You will be responsible for the provision of specialist paediatric physiotherapy input and developing pathways in MSK, respiratory, orthopaedic, neurology and neonates. Your clinical caseload will encompass areas that best fit your skillset and opportunities for development in other areas will be provided.
The post holder will supervise and lead rotational band 6 paediatric physiotherapists on site and be part of a cross-site therapy team that supports children and young people across East London at Whipps Cross and Royal London Hospital.
The acute children’s therapy team is a dynamic team made up of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, speech and language therapists and play specialists.
The team sit in the children’s division and provides clinical care across all acute in-patient areas from critical care, wards, day case and outpatients
This physiotherapist will be responsible for the management of inpatients with respiratory, orthopaedic, trauma, rheumatology, developmental and neurology conditions requiring physiotherapy aged 0-17 years and paediatric musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatology outpatient services at Newham University Hospital.
The post holder will act as a highly specialist source of expertise in the physiotherapy management across inpatient and outpatient services. This role will allow the post holder to develop pathways in paediatric physiotherapy input whilst also carrying a clinical caseload that reflects their specialism based on their previous experience.
The successful applicant will be responsible for leading and developing band 6 rotational staff at Newham and, alongside the wider paediatric physiotherapy clinical leads, will manage the day to day running of inpatient and outpatient caseloads at Newham. This will involve strong communication skills within a small paediatric physiotherapy sub team and within wider MDT
As part of the Acute Children’s Therapy team, the successful applicant will be expected to work closely with the rest of the paediatric and adult therapy teams. They will be involved in-service programmes and team meetings, either remotely or face to face, depending on the content. There is potential for on call and weekend working depending on the post holders skill set.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Sunday 29 Sep 2024