Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Community Paediatric Physiotherapy 22.5 hours/week

12 months Maternity Cover to start November 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Paediatric Physiotherapy team at Chelsea and Westminster trust. A fixed term full time band 7 post has become available. The post will be working within a friendly, progressive and established team which sees children from 0-19 years in homes, clinics, nurseries and schools. We provide high quality, family-centred care to children and young people within the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, South Kensington and Chelsea, and South Westminster. We are based at the Cheyne Child Development Service which has clinics at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Parkview Health Centre in White City.You will apply your clinical skills in delivering hands-on physiotherapy, thereby ensuring the provision of a high standard of assessment, treatment and advice to a manageable caseload of children, young people and their families. This post comes with excellent learning/training and development opportunities both within and external to the trust. This includes support to develop your skills with children with neuro-disabilities from an expert practitioner.

Main duties of the job

You will carry a manageable caseload of children aged 0-19 years and be responsible for clinics, providing early intervention, over 3s, and services to children with cerebral palsy or other neuro-disabilities. This may include hydrotherapy and working jointly in an orthotics clinic. This will include joint working with the multi-disciplinary team, consultant paediatricians and physiotherapy orthopaedic practitioners. Good established links with equipment providers are in place. You should have paediatric experience with demonstrable knowledge of specific paediatric assessments and interventions, able to prioritise your workload and time, and support others to do the same. Experience in early intervention and follow up would be beneficial. Good communication skills are essential, as you will be working independently and alongside other health and social care professionals supervising band 6s, assistants and students.Chelsea and Westminster therapy department is committed to evidence based practice and the development of clinical skills are supported through a programme of regular in-service training, supervision and appraisal.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals,

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a �30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious �60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary To be responsible for and coordinate the day to day delivery of physiotherapy provision within the paediatric community team based at Chelsea and Westminster hospital and Parkview Health Centre. To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment to a designated caseload and maintain up to date physiotherapy records To work as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team providing a holistic service to the child and their family/carer To use evidence based principles/current best practice and specialist skills to assess, plan implement and evaluate interventions and to ensure that all junior members of your team do likewise To participate in CPD and other developmental activities and encourage all members of your team to do accordingly To be responsible for the supervision, teaching and day to day line management of allocated junior staff and students on clinical placement To participate in or lead service development projects including research and audit

Main Duties

To undertake highly specialised physiotherapy assessments, using appropriate therapy techniques and therapeutic handling skills to form diagnoses and/or establish impairments/disabilities. To use good communication skills to agree therapy goals with individual patients and families/carers and school staff using previous experience to ensure goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, resourced and appropriately timed. To monitor and evaluate treatment measuring progress to ensure effective intervention and identify when treatment requires modifying. To use in-depth clinical reasoning, comprehensive understanding of complex paediatric conditions, and wide-ranging knowledge of treatment options to plan and implement individual therapy programmes and treatment protocols, using highly developed therapy treatment techniques and therapeutic handling skills that are age appropriate. To support more junior staff in the development of their assessment, treatment and clinical reasoning skills to ensure a high standard of care.

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Person Specification

Physiotherapy qualification

Essential

• BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of ongoing CPD

Desirable

• Member of CSP and paediatric special interest group
• Evidence of recent post-graduate education and/or qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in paediatrics including with neurodevelopmental, orthopaedic and complex presentations
• Experience of orthotic provision
• Evidence of using paediatric outcome measures
• Evidence of appraisal and supervision of junior staff

Desirable

• Experience working as a Band 7 in Paediatric Physiotherapy
• Experience of involvement in service development and/or audit

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates specialist knowledge of paediatric assessment and treatment interventions
• Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Able to work independently and monitor workload of team
• Knowledge of statutory requirements and legislation relating to children and families

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in research or audit

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

369 Fulham Road

London

SW10 9NH

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