Extended Scope Physiotherapy Practitioner - Paediatric Orthopaedics
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Dependant |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Huddersfield, HD3 3EA |
| Company: | Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7122037/372-SURG1948 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
The postholder:- will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the paediatric orthopaedic service but will not carry a clinical caseload within the paediatric physiotherapy service. Responsibility for ensuring requested diagnostic tests are reported on and actioned will lie with the post holder. The post holder will work with administrative colleagues to ensure that access targets are met.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
The post holder will work to time pressures dictated by the out-patient setting, seeking guidance from medical colleagues where appropriate. The post holder will communicate with service users, referrers and the wider MDT and will maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. The job holder may be involved in research projects and audit.
As lead clinician for the paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy service, the post holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 May 2025
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
The postholder:- will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the paediatric orthopaedic service but will not carry a clinical caseload within the paediatric physiotherapy service. Responsibility for ensuring requested diagnostic tests are reported on and actioned will lie with the post holder. The post holder will work with administrative colleagues to ensure that access targets are met.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
The post holder will work to time pressures dictated by the out-patient setting, seeking guidance from medical colleagues where appropriate. The post holder will communicate with service users, referrers and the wider MDT and will maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. The job holder may be involved in research projects and audit.
As lead clinician for the paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy service, the post holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
This advert closes on Sunday 11 May 2025
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