Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist who wishes to expand and develop skills in Paediatrics. Are you self-motivated, friendly and enthusiastic? Come and join our Children's Therapy Team in Northern Lincolnshire.

You should have experience working with children with disabilities or experience of a wider range of neurological conditions would be desirable. However, we may be able to offer this post as a Band 5-6 Development post for a New Graduate or where all the essential criteria are not met, in which case we would expect that Band 5 competencies would be developed within 12 months.

Your job will be to provide clinical assessment and for CYP aged 0-19 years with a range of presentations. We are a part of a wider Children's Therapy team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Dietitians. The team works cross site, with one base at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and another at our Community base in Scunthorpe. We are a fun, child focused team with a passion for making a difference in children and young people's lives.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the assessment and therapeutic management of children with a range of Physiotherapy needs across both sites. To take responsibility for your own caseload of children 0-19 years including, muscular skeletal, neurological, orthopaedic and rheumatology within a variety of settings. Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision. Supervise, educate and assess physiotherapy students, assistants and other less experienced registered staff and provide specialized advice to other health care professionals in the specific clinical area. The applicant will need to have access to transport and the ability to safely transport yourself and equipment ( standers) around the required geographical area during the course of their working day."

About us

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £ billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oDegree/Diploma in Physiotherapy - HCPC registration (or pending with following graduation within 6 months of offer

Desirable

oPost graduate study in appropriate clinical areas MSc modules in paediatrics oAPCP membership

Clinical

Essential

oPost graduate experience in physiotherapy across a range of clinical areas (adults or paediatrics) including: Neurological, community and MSK rotational experience (B6) oExperience of working with at least one complex clinical pathway (adult or paediatrics) *B6)

Desirable

experience in paediatrics oExperience with a variety of specialised paediatric equipment

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