Physiotherapist Senior I - Paediatrics
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Gibraltar, AA1 1AA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | G0004-AHP-01-25-01 |
Summary
To maintain good communication links with client, carers and all associated professional practitioners and complete comprehensive, accurate and legally compliant clinical records. To use effective communication skills to gain co-operation with treatment where there may be barriers to understanding through stroke, deafness, children, special needs, mental health etc. Communication will frequently require advanced verbal and non-verbal communication skills including motivation, persuasion, explanation of complex issues Sensitivity and empathy. Additionally, knowledge of clinical communication loss such as the impact of Receptive and expressive Dysphasia, altered perceptions and cognition, loss of consciousness, Language and cultural barriers and dysfunctional illness beliefs. When dealing with children to employ appropriate skills to engage children and their carers and facilitate motivation and co-operation. To be aware of augmentative communication systems and have an awareness of Makaton. To communicate complex patient assessment and treatment results, effectively to relevant disciplines and external agencies in the form of reports and letters. Will be required to develop effective communication and good working relationships with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, outside agencies, families and carers in order to share relevant clinical information to enhance patient care. Demonstration of advanced communication skills requiring counselling, advocating and negotiating during the case management of the more complex clinical presentations that have added psychological and social issues that affect care. As Lead clinician to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with Medical, Nursing and AHPs to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated MDT service. This will include attendance at complex case conferences, multi-disciplinary reviews and service development meetings. To effectively deal with and/or report to the PSM any instances of Staff abuse or conflictive situations encountered during the process of communication. Clinical-Specific to Clinical Lead To provide a high quality Physiotherapy service using a wide range of clinical work practices that requires significant specialist knowledge and advanced clinical skills gained from experiential learning, specialist training, use of Physiotherapy evidenced based practice and NICE guidelines. To ensure the effective exchange of information across the team and co-ordination of local service delivery. Working with Physiotherapy Services Manager, to be responsible for Clinical Governance objectives within the specialism. As a specialist and independent practitioner to provide, highly complex advice and specialist treatment for simple and complex conditions and to formulate individualised clinical management programme. Use of advanced clinical reasoning skills and in depth analysis of problems gained from clinical and theoretical experience, and to interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate working diagnoses and prognoses for a wide range of highly complex conditions and to refer onwards for further investigation where appropriate.