Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our Children’s Integrated Therapy Team here in Hillingdon. We welcome applications from qualified therapists who are looking for a change or from newly qualified therapists with a strong desire to work in the area of community paediatrics.
Our service is responsible for providing physiotherapy intervention to children within the borough of Hillingdon, treating children and young adults with physical impairments and/or developmental difficulties.
We work out of a main base at Wood End Centre in Hayes and The Child Development Centre on the grounds of Hillingdon Hospital. We also work in other settings such as Children’s Centres, Nurseries, specialand mainstream schools and patients homes.
The London borough of Hillingdon has good transport links to the centre of London by tube, bus and road including the M4 and M40 and access to the surrounding counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary paediatric team and work closely alongside Occupational Therapists, Speech and language therapists and therapy assistants. The caseload includes orthopaedics (torticollis, talipes, Erb’s Palsy etc) to complex conditions. The caseload you will be responsible for will be highly varied and promote your clinical and professional development. Clinics that we offer include CPIP-UK and serial casting, as well as running developmental, exercise and gym groups. We also have a service level agreement with Hillingdon Hospital to provide a Ponseti service with the local orthopaedic team.
Multi-disciplinary working with various other health professionals and the local authority is a vital component of this position. Close links also exist between Hillingdon Hospital and some of the tertiary centres within the London area.
The successful candidate will be expected to be highly motivated, energetic and a true team player with some experience in paediatric physiotherapy. Excellent communication skills are expected and own transport will also be beneficial.
Working for our organisation
Professional development and training will be supported within our department by experienced paediatric physiotherapists and you will be part of an in-service training program. Development of excellent clinical skills will be promoted and you will be supported by senior staff with access to external training available in line with your personal development plan.
We are proud to say that the service has:
- High levels of user satisfaction 100% of parents happy or very happy
with the level of care they received from the service
- Strong partnerships with colleagues in the Local Authority.
- Strong leadership & a clear sense of direction to develop the quality of
services to children through on-going pathway review and innovation.
- A strong record on completing audits & service development as a result
of feedback including Quality Improvement projects
- We are committed to developing services with true coproduction, within the Children's Integrated Therapy Team (CITS) there are a number of targeted work streams focusing on this.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To provide paediatric therapeutic assessment, education, advice and treatment services for patients.
2. To manage own clinical caseload within the community setting as a member of the children’s physiotherapy team with support from senior staff via various methods.
3. To provide advice to other healthcare professionals, social care workers, educational support staff, carers and relatives in in order for them to implement therapy advice effectively.
4. To support with supervision and mentorship of physiotherapy students
5. To support others with the early identification of children with physiotherapy needs.
6. To prioritise the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children at all times
7. To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators and maintain Target Activity Levels
8. To take part in quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service
9. To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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