(Interview date 28 August 2024).

The successful candidate will have a caseload of babies, young children and those attending mainstream schools with a wide variety of neurological, neuromuscular and neurodegenerative conditions. The role also supports the newly developed Orthopaedic MDT clinic. You will be expected to manage a large, complex and varied caseload of community-based patients in a variety of locations such as The Child Development Centre, homes, nurseries and schools and you will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the overall service as required. You will update and expand on existing protocols, pathways and guidelines for the management of conditions, in line with the best evidence available.

Main duties of the job

Manage and oversee the Physiotherapy mainstream service. Supervise more junior members of staff and therapy assistants. Hold a large and complex caseload of children and young people with neurodisabilities. Participate in the Orthopaedic MDT clinic. Work as part of a wider MDT.

About us

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/childrens-therapy/

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide day to day line management to a team of staff. To plan and co-ordinate caseloads and activities for a designated area, making adjustments as required. To assess, develop and implement physiotherapy treatment utilising specialist theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience within Paediatric Neurological service.To undertake lead responsibility of the supervision, training and appraisal of assistant practitioners, unqualified staff, peers and colleagues of specialist and physiotherapy practitioner grades and physiotherapy students. Working without direct supervision using own initiative to interpret operational policies and procedures.To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, working within the ethical framework provided by the rules of professional conduct. To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with complex presentations, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme. To be the main person initiating and co-ordinating changes to working practice and service delivery.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Recent extensive previous experience of providing highly skilled therapeutic clinical services for Paediatric neurological, neuro-muscular, neurodegenerative and neuro-developmental conditions and presentations.
• Experience of managing a team or members of a team

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Excellent clinical assessment and treatment planning skills
• Excellent inter personal skills
• Leadership/managerial skills
• Evidence of CPD
• Competent in core areas of Physiotherapy practice
• Full driving Licence and use of a car

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues.
• Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures
• Understanding of long term management of Paediatric conditions

Desirable

• Understanding of how local socio-economic factors and demographics impact on health

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy studies
• Experience of working in the NHS
• HCPC Registered

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification eg PG certificate, Masters degree
• Membership of APCP or other SIGs

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children's Therapy, Area 4 Horton Wing

Little Horton Lane

Bradford

BD5 0NA

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