We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and friendly Paediatric Respiratory Therapy team, based at the QMC in the Nottingham Children's Hospital which is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Due to a promotion we have a full time permanent opportunity available (37.5 hours/week) working Monday-Friday.

The post will include exercise provision and in-patient care for CF and acute respiratory. There will be an opportunity to support the Band 7's in covering CF and respiratory clinics, and respiratory outpatient caseload too as required.

The successful post holder will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Therapy Services, which will include rostered weekend working and Bank Holiday duties, as well as on-call duties. Necessary training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you will need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

You will need to demonstrate post graduate experience and clinical knowledge of CF and acute respiratory conditions, and have a passion for working with children.

You will be required to demonstrate the ability to work as an autonomous practitioner in the management of varied clinical caseloads, and as a member of the wider MDT to support patient outcomes.

You must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to motivate paediatric patients, carers and colleagues.

You will need to demonstrate leadership and management skills to assist with the supervision of support staff, students and band 5 physiotherapists.

Although the role is predominantly based within the paediatric respiratory team, it will also require you to be flexible and adaptable to work across the wider paediatric team to cover inpatients in other specialities when support is needed to support the needs of other Paediatric services

About us

The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH). We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

The Children's Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to supported by our Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction.

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at N

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification.

For further details around the post please contact the person named within the advert

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• BSc Hons (or equivalent) Physiotherapy
• Evidence of post-graduate training in specialty
• State registered and HCPC

Experience

Essential

• Broad based junior rotational experience with an acute in-patient focus
• Possession of specific knowledge, technical skills and experience in acute in-patient areas
• Experience in evaluation of practice. Appraisal of performance.

communication & relationships

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex information
• Ability to motivate, train and teach
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Demonstrate leadership ability.

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options.
• Evaluation of clinical interventions

Planning and Organisation

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Effective time management skills.
• Experience of effective delegation.

Desirable

• Experience of organising others workload

Physical skills

Essential

• Evidence of manual therapy skills
• Basic keyboard skills
• Capacity to carry out treatment handling skills

other

Essential

• Maintain competence in respiratory care for rostered emergency duty work

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

QMC campus

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

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