Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Stoke University Hospital Town Royal Stoke Salary £46,148 - £52,809 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 23/05/2025 23:59
Advanced Neonatal Physiotherapist
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated physiotherapist to join the Neonatal Unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, is a busy and dynamic Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
There are approximately 6500-6800 births per year a Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The Neonatal Unit at UHNM supports approximately 600 admissions per year.
We provide care at all levels, to babies and their families, from within Stoke and Stafford area, regionally within the West Midlands Neonatal Network, and beyond.
We care for babies born at 22 weeks gestation to >42weeks gestation.
Admission to the unit is via the Delivery Suite, directly linked to the NICU, and can be via planned or emergency delivery.
The NICU Team are trained to attend deliveries, to stabilise and transfer the preterm/term infant to the NICU, and then continue to deliver individualised and high quality care, for the duration of the baby’s neonatal journey.
We also work to support deliveries in the Interventional Radiography Department and work closely with our colleagues in the Foetal Medicine and Antenatal Screening Departments.
The NICU Team works collaboratively within the Multi-Disciplinary Team and with Allied Health Professionals to deliver high quality care to every baby and family admitted to the NICU. We support research and audit, and strive to provide best practice in all areas of our service.
Main duties of the job
We care for babies and families who need our care and support, for the entirety of their neonatal journey. This may only be for a number of hours or for days and months, or as part of end of life care.
We recognise that every admission to the NICU is unplanned, and parents & families require different levels of support throughout their journey by all members of the Neonatal Team, and they will be signposted to additional support services, where indicated.
We offer all parents/carers a place to stay, and have 6 family rooms, and additional facilities to support sleeping at the cot-side.
Every family will experience feelings of stress and anxiety, fear of the unknown and loss of control following their admission to the NICU. We aim to support and guide every family through the service, ensuring that they feel listened to and supported
We embrace Family Integrated Care Model and work closely with families to promote parents as partners in care. We recognise the importance of family, and have an open visiting policy to ensure families can be together at such a difficult time. We are able to offer all parents/carers a place to stay, and have 6 family rooms, and additional facilities to support sleeping at the cot-side.
Joining the NICU Team at RSUH, UHNM will mean that you are joining a driven and motivated team, who strive to provide care, with babies and families, at the core of everything we do.
Working for our organisation
The UHNM NHS Trust covers Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke on Trent and County Hospital in Stafford. Royal Stoke a large acute teaching hospital, with a Turnover of £360 million. Located in Stoke on Trent and Stafford, UHNM is close to the M6, within commuting distance of culturally diverse major conurbations, such as Manchester and Birmingham and surrounded by rural pleasures, including the Peak District National Park.
Each year Royal Stoke cares for over 600,000 people providing emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care. It is a leading teaching hospital in partnership with Keele University and has a patient-centred clinical research facility providing state-of-the-art facilities.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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We care for babies and families who need our care and support, for the entirety of their neonatal journey. This may only be for a number of hours or for days and months, or as part of end of life care.
There are 26 cots in total: 10 x intensive care cots, 6 x High Dependency cots and 14 x Special Care cots. There is a 10 bedded Transitional Care Unit and a Neonatal Community Outreach Team, who support discharge from the NICU and transition to home.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
* Registered with HCPC
* Evidence of personal & professional development
* Post holder committed to working at masters level e.g. has attended courses accredited at masters/post graduate level
* Working towards a higher qualification relevant to speciality e.g. masters degree
Experience
* Post graduate (NHS) experience with considerable experience in speciality area
* Experience of working as an Senior Therapist leading and managing a team
* Experience of teaching students, staff and other professional groups
* Trained Clinical Educator
Skills, ability and knowledge
* Demonstrate critical appraisal skills
* Experience gained in an acute setting
Personal Qualities
* Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning and continuous improvement
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Amy Shirley Job title Interim Head of Therapies for Network Services Email address amy.shirley@uhnm.nhs.uk Telephone number 01782 675344 Additional information
Katy Edwards
NICU Matron
01782 672401
katie.edwards@uhnm.nhs.uk
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