We are very excited to be looking to recruit a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our Children and Young People's Physiotherapy team here in Gloucestershire. We can offer you the opportunity to start your paediatric physiotherapy career within our supportive, experienced and friendly physiotherapy team.

The service provides Physiotherapy across the county for children and young people from birth - 19 years, presenting with a range of needs including neurological, developmental and musculoskeletal conditions. We work in partnership with children, young people, their families and carers in a variety of settings including special and mainstream schools, patient's homes and community clinics. The service also provides cover to the paediatric inpatient unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.The caseload of the post holder and travel required will be based on service need, and will provide opportunities to develop clinical skills with a wide range of childhood conditions in a variety of settings. We are committed to supporting CPD, and you will be supported with regular clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

A Band 5 Physiotherapist participates as a member of the Children and Young People's Physiotherapy Team managing a clinical caseload within the acute and/ or community setting. Support and supervision will be provided by senior staff via various methods e.g. face to face contact, email, telephone etc. The post holder may provide supervision for physiotherapy technicians/assistants on a day to day basis.

The post holder will consolidate their undergraduate clinical experience, develop their independent clinical practice and participate in continuing professional development.

This is a countywide service for children aged 0-16 years, 16 -19 years in full time education. The service is provided in a range of settings including clinics, special and mainstream schools, special and mainstream nurseries, opportunity groups, playgroups and in the child's own home. Inpatients are also seen the Children's Centre (GRH), Special Care Baby Units and the Maternity Unit.

All qualified physiotherapy staff will be asked to provide cover for annual leave, sickness absence etc in both the acute or community setting.

This post is community based and the post holder will carry his/her own caseload and at times will be expected to work independently in locations away from base.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure accurate, comprehensive and up to date clinical records are maintained inaccordance with Trust guidance and professionally agreed criteria.

To participate in the collection of data for audit purposes.

To produce comprehensive patient related reports for other disciplines or agenciesrelating to assessment findings and/or treatment/management outcomes.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own work through audit, outcomemeasurement, the application of evidence based practice and research asappropriate.

To identify and initiate audit projects to review current clinical practiceTo participate in clinics appropriate to the childs physiotherapy management i.e.orthotics, wheelchair assessment, orthopaedics etc.

To work to Trust and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy clinical guidelines andhave a good working knowledge of relevant national standards to which quality ofpractice should be monitored.

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Person Specification

Clinical experience

Essential

• Experience of paediatrics and a range of specialities as a physiotherapy student

Desirable

• Experience of working as a qualified physiotherapist across a range of rotations, including paediatrics

Able to manage workload effectively and independently

Essential

• Experience of caseload management as a physiotherapy student

Desirable

• Experience of managing a caseload independently as a qualified physiotherapist

Professional development

Essential

• Evidence of reflective practice and experience-based learning as a physiotherapy student

Desirable

• Evidence of reflection and learning within a continuing professional development portfolio as a qualified physiotherapist

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springbank Community Resource Centre

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG

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327-24-796