Job summary
Fixed term - 9 months. Band 6 Paediatric Physiotherapist, Chelsea London
A Band 6 rotational position has become vacant within the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Paediatric Physiotherapy Team. The vacancy is within the Acute Therapy team at present and will rotate to the Community Therapy Team on the 6th January 2025.
Chelsea is centrally located with good transport links, making it a great place for people who like culture with the local museums and art galleries, evenings out, and is also close to areas with a village atmosphere and green spaces .
We provide high quality, family-centred care to children and young people attending the Chelsea Children's Hospital and as part of the Cheyne Child Development Service - working in a variety of locations including the child's home, educational and healthcare settings.
You should have band 5 paediatric experience with demonstrable knowledge of specific paediatric assessments and treatments. The post provides plenty of opportunities to further develop your skills across a range of paediatric conditions, with regular supervision to support your development.
The job involves cross site work between the Chelsea and the West Middlesex site and participation on the weekend and out of hours rota.
Main duties of the job
Rotations take place annually in January and include the Acute team working with In-patients including the High Dependency Unit and musculo-skeletal Out-patients (including fracture and A&E clinics) and the Community team who are based at Parkview Centre for health in White City and Chelsea and Westminster hospital- working in a variety of locations including the child's home, educational and healthcare settings. Hydrotherapy facilities are available in the hospital and the community. Rotations within the community team focus on different clinical areas; Under 5; Over 5, and a Special School for children with severe/profound learning difficulties and complex medical needs. One of the community paediatric rotations includes time spent working with the Paediatric Orthopaedic Practitioners and Orthopaedic consultants in the Ponseti club foot clinic. The post includes participation in the hospital's Respiratory On-call and weekend service for both adults and children.Good communication skills are essential as you will be working independently and alongside other health and social care professionals; including our highly specialized paediatric orthopaedic team, orthotics service and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
About us
About the Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals,Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's,in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe,effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminsterand are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member. They will havesignificant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team and more juniorstaff and coordinate and deliver high quality care. They will be a role model for expert clinicalcare, and lead on specific projects / service developments and management functions asdelegated by the Band 7 therapist or Clinical Lead Therapist. They will role model theidentified Trust values at all times.The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapyassessment, treatment and management to their own designated caseload of patients and tomaintain up to date physiotherapy records. They will evidence based principles and currentbest practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapy interventions.The post holder will provide supervision, teaching and support to more junior staff, therapyassistants and students on placement.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy
- HPC registration
- Evidence of CPD and relevant post graduate courses
Desirable
- Member of special interest group ie: APCP, Neonatal SIG
- CPD portfolio
- Relevant post graduate qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Evidence of experience as a Band 5 therapist (or equivalent) in paediatrics.
- Experience working as part of MDT
- Participation in emergency on-call and weekend respiratory services including both adults and paediatrics
- Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 level in core areas including Musculoskeletal, neurology, orthopaedic and respiratory
Desirable
- Evidence of working in a non-clinical team
- Evidence of presentation at in-service training
- Evidence of experience at Band 6 therapist in paediatrics
- Evidence of paediatric courses
- Evidence of working with children in a non-clinical setting
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL
Essential
- Demonstrates specialist knowledge and experience of paediatric orthopaedic, respiratory, neuro-developmental, neonatal and musculo-skeletal assessment and treatment interventions
- Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Demonstrates understanding of child protection procedures
- Able to prioritise/good time management
- The ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate assessment and treatment techniques in a variety of paediatric clinical settings.
- Identifies challenges of working in varying hospital settings and demonstrates the ability to adapt own practice accordingly.
- The ability to guide and direct therapy assistants and students in clinical practice
- Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical caseload and stress
- The ability to use reflective practice as a tool for growth and development
- Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical caseload and stress
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in research or audit
- Competent IT skills
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chelsea site
London
SW10 9NH