Children's Physiotherapist - Long Covid Service

Job summary

We are delighted to have been funding for a further 12 months for the Children's Long Covid Service. As a new service established in June 2021, we have been able to show throughout outcomes measures that receiving support from this MDT service has made a real difference to the children and young people suffering with Long Covid. We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary team Children's Long Covid Service, which includes Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Paediatricians Colleagues working across Solent and University Hospital Southampton Trusts.

Throughout the Covid 19 pandemic it has become increasing evident that a small number of children and young people have contracted Covid-19 and are suffering with Long Covid. The main symptoms being fatigue, brain fog, pain and breathing issues.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Children's Long Covid Pathway has been set up for offer physical, functional, cognitive, and psychological assessments with the aim of improving health outcomes and quality of life for those individuals who continue to experience persistent symptoms 12 weeks from their initial illness. This service is for children / young people aged 18 years or younger. The post is working 2 days PER MONTH. This can be as additional hours or as part of a secondment role (we have funding to backfill your hours).

If you are interested in joining the team, please contact

Carol Quint: carol.quint@solent.nhs.uk 07721211922

Main duties of the job

*Triaging referrals to the Post Covid Syndrome Pathway, discussing these with the MDT to ensure all clients receive intervention from the most appropriate services.

*Assessing patients through primarily virtual means independently, making autonomous decisions in the clinical assessment of patients with complex health and social care needs. Some face-to-face consultations maybe required & requiring travel to sites across Hampshire.

*Agreeing goal orientated programmes in conjunction with the client, his/her family and other professionals involved & planning & implementing appropriate intervention.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.