Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist
2 weeks ago
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced physiotherapist with a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience. This post gives an excellent opportunity to gain experience in working as part of a specialised integrated therapy team delivering in-patient and out-patient care.
This presents an exciting opening to work with children with medical, musculoskeletal, neuro-developmental, orthopaedic and other conditions. The post includes assessment and intervention to children aged 0-16 years living in the Poole, Bournemouth and East Dorset areas.
Services are delivered in a variety of settings, including; paediatric wards and outpatient clinics across all University Hospitals Dorset Trust sites.
We work closely with the multi-disciplinary paediatric team and colleagues working in social care, health and education services. We are committed to delivering high quality services for the children and families we work with in a child friendly manner.
Applicants must be able to travel across sites. Applicants will be required to work weekends and late shifts and be on-call on a rota basis.
This is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave.
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active staff network groups including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We understand some candidates may use AI tools to prepare applications. While not discouraged, we ask that applications remain an honest reflection of your own skills and experience. Integrity is an important part of our recruitment process.
To be part of a team of therapists providing a highly specialised Physiotherapy (PT) assessment, treatment and advice service to children, 0-16 years and their parents/carers referred to the service, covering Bournemouth, Poole and East Dorset.
To work as a member of the MDTs providing in-patient and out-patient physiotherapy services to children with orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, medical and neuro-developmental conditions or others which affect their physical performance.
To be responsible for the clinical supervision and development of other members of the Paediatric Therapy Team and to be a clinical educator for undergraduate students.
To provide advice and liaise with other professionals (e.g. consultants, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, orthotists) and disciplines (e.g. the community nursing team, Learning Disability Team, Occupational Therapists working in Social Care and Health, Education Staff etc.), as well as networking with therapists in other departments and NHS Trusts.
To participate in continued professional development to support the development of the Paediatric Therapy service.
To provide training to colleagues, multi-disciplinary team and staff working in educational settings.
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