Band 7 Paediatric Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist Fixed Term

1 week ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Whittington Health NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and innovative Paediatric Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Team on a 9 month fixed term maternity cover. Our paediatric MSK service receives referrals for newborn babies up to 17-year-olds with Musculoskeletal physiotherapy concerns. Our service comprises of a team of paediatric physiotherapists, including B8a Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, and Band 7, 6 and 5 physiotherapists and Band 4 and Band 3 therapy assistants. We encourage service development and collaborative working with the Paediatric service at the Whittington Hospital and community resources to provide our service users with excellent evidence-based care. In recent years our service has developed and expanded to now include an Advanced Practice Paediatric Physiotherapy service, gym-based community exercise groups at Lift gym, a back care group for adolescence, and a MDT rheumatology clinic.

Our supportive team will offer you excellent training opportunities with a strong emphasis on individual performance appraisal and supervision, both from within the team and from the wider paediatric physiotherapy service. External training is also supported and encouraged.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for providing a physiotherapy service for MSK referrals to the service. This will include referrals from GPs and health visitors, local orthopaedic departments, paediatric and neonatal Consultants, and post-natal wards, for babies, children and adolescents requiring physiotherapy.

The post holder will also be responsible for the day-to-day running of the service with support from the clinical leads. There will be the opportunity to work with Bright Start's universal physiotherapy drop-in clinics across Islington Borough to provide universal advice for parents of under 5-year-olds with gait concerns, and to work collaboratively with Paediatric MSK Advanced Practice Physiotherapists, the wider children's therapies team, and Paediatricians at the Whittington Hospital.

The post will be based at Northern Health Centre on the Holloway Road.

Working for our organisation

Islington Additional Needs and Disability Service provides a comprehensive community service to children and young people living or at school in Islington. We are a friendly and relaxed service who promotes equal opportunities and access for all. We support flexible working hours.

Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation providing acute general hospital and community services to people living primarily in the London Boroughs of Islington and Haringey.Islington is a central London borough and all areas of the organisation are well supported by bus, underground and mainline rail services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties will include:

To take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the paediatric musculoskeletal, orthopaedic, and non-complex school aged referrals and be accountable for a designated area of work. Plan and organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To undertake a significant clinical caseload working at a specialist level with other agencies and health professionals. To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised assessment, treatment and management of children and adolescents who present with a wide variety of conditions. These include chronic, complex, disabling and life-limiting conditions. To determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and those of more junior staff providing a comprehensive and appropriate physiotherapy serviceto children, families and carers. To provide leadership to the paediatric musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physiotherapy service. To work with other senior clinicians, advanced practice physiotherapists, and the clinical lead within paediatric physiotherapy to provide integrated care across the specialist areas and between acute and community services. To be responsible forservice development within the team, to implement policy and policy changes within the clinical area with support from the Clinical Lead, physiotherapy and MDT colleagues. To represent a positive and inspirational role model for all the team members.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

HCPC Registration Relevant Post Graduate Study Physiotherapy degree

Desirable criteria

Involvement in a relevant specialist interest group e.g. APCP

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Existing B6/7 Experience in Paediatric / MSK Settings Team working in CYP

Desirable criteria

Evidence of QI/Service Improvement/ Audit

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive experience in MSK / Ortho/ Paediatric settings Paediatric MSK Assessment skills Paediatric MSK Treatment skills Supervising and completing appraisals

Desirable criteria

Developed and provided IST programs Highly specialist Paediatric MSK knowledge and experience

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Meets attributes for service needs (Flexible, time management, team work, practical demands of role)

Desirable criteria

Confident leading presentations/ training

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures. Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing. Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines. Participate in required training and supervision. Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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