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Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Employer
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Salary
£32,306 to £39,027 a year per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Closing date
6 Jul 2022

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Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
Band 6 specialist paediatric physiotherapist working at a Children's Therapy Centre, special and mainstream schools.

The team consists of 25 physiotherapists across Nottinghamshire and a team of support staff. We work closely with our OT colleagues, speech and language therapists and nursing.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist predominantly based at the Children's Therapy Centre at Kings Mill Hospital.

The post holder will work across Mid Nottinghamshire.

The successful post holder will see children and young people age 0-19 years with a wide variety of neurological conditions , orthopaedic conditions, rheumatological, functional co-ordination disorder and those requiring long term rehabilitation in the centre, the child's home and schools.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

About us

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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Job description
Job responsibilities

Working with children and young people from 0-18 years with a wide variety of disabilities within the larger multi disciplinary team.

Please see person specification and job description

Person Specification
Experience
Essential
  • Experience of working with children with complex conditions
  • Supervisory experience
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience of Audit

Desirable
  • Previous experience at Band 6 level in paediatrics
  • Leadership experience
  • NHS experience
  • Experience of service evaluation and standard setting

Knowledge
Essential
  • Specialist knowledge of paediatric physiotherapy underpinned by theory and postgraduate courses

Desirable
  • Understanding of national and local priorities
  • Evidence based practice

Skills
Essential
  • Ability to plan, organise, delegate and prioritise own work.
  • Ability to time manage and respond to change
  • Leadership skills
  • Self motivated and able to work as an effective team member
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to teach and pass on knowledge
  • Able to work as an effective team member
  • Flexible and forward thinking

Desirable
  • Presentation skills

Training
Essential
  • Clinical Educator
  • Postgraduate specialist paediatric training

Qualifications
Essential
  • BSc/Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registration

Desirable
  • MSc in paediatric related subject


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