Job summary
Are
you looking for a new challenge?
We
are inviting applicants to join us in the childrens Physiotherapy team to
support with service delivery, providing new assessment and follow up
interventions for babies and children in the community and helping us to
develop our current and any new services.
As
a successful applicant you will have highly developed clinical decision-making
skills to support childrens assessment and care management. You will be
confident in working in a flexible and responsive way. You will understand
about effective partnership working especially with children and young people,
parents and educators.
- Both full-time and part-time positions available.
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will take a leading role in assessing and supporting the evolving
identification of physical needs of children/ young people. You may have
experience in working with children in early years, with long term conditions,
MSK, or with respiratory conditions
We
will support you through supervision and peer support.
We look forward to welcoming you to the team
If
you are interested and would like to know more contact Helen Jeeves, Team lead
Childrens Physiotherapy, 01952 567300 or via email helen.jeeves1@nhs.net or Alison Parkinson, Childrens AHP lead on 01743
450847 or via email: alison.parkinson3@nhs.net
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
develop and maintain the skills required to practise at a level commensurate
within the community.
To
accept responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise
this caseload effectively and efficiently with regard to priorities and use of
time.
Able
to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising with colleagues
and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
To
analyse and interpret information to inform interventions with a clear
timescale for review while working with a wide range of complex conditions and
situations.
To
develop appropriate discharge plans involving other members of the team if
required and communicate these effectively.
Gain
valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with children, young people and their carers.
To
liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting any
variations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To
develop and maintain the skills required to practise at a level commensurate
within the community.
To
accept responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise
this caseload effectively and efficiently with regard to priorities and use of
time.
Able
to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, liaising with colleagues
and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
To
analyse and interpret information to inform interventions with a clear
timescale for review while working with a wide range of complex conditions and
situations.
To
develop appropriate discharge plans involving other members of the team if
required and communicate these effectively.
Gain
valid informed consent and work within legal frameworks with children, young people and their carers.
To
liaise with senior clinicians with regard to patient care, highlighting any
variations to expected outcomes from agreed treatment programmes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of planning and providing clinical care to adults or children and young people with physiotherapy needs.
- Experience of working in a variety of settings.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency environment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good knowledge of physiotherapy core skills and processes.
- Demonstration of knowledge of child development.
- Awareness of recent developments in practice and research including NSFs/NICE guidelines .
- Previous experience of delivering programmes of care.
- Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people.
- Engaging and empowering approach that seeks to work with others and deliver outcomes in a successful and well informed manner.
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Competent in the use of IT.
- Experience of undertaking clinical audits.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Evidence of continued professional development.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of planning and providing clinical care to adults or children and young people with physiotherapy needs.
- Experience of working in a variety of settings.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi agency environment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Good knowledge of physiotherapy core skills and processes.
- Demonstration of knowledge of child development.
- Awareness of recent developments in practice and research including NSFs/NICE guidelines .
- Previous experience of delivering programmes of care.
- Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people.
- Engaging and empowering approach that seeks to work with others and deliver outcomes in a successful and well informed manner.
- Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Competent in the use of IT.
- Experience of undertaking clinical audits.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
