Job summary
- Main area
- Additional Support Services
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 344-1248DCB
- Employer
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- EKUFHT-Trustwide
- Town
- Canterbury
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Senior Physiotherapist (Musculoskeletal Paediatrics)
Band 6
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our MSK Paediatric Therapy Team. We are looking for a motivated Physiotherapist, who would like to further develop their career as a paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapist within a highly rewarding and progressive team. This is a flexible working secondment opportunity. It would suit anyone interested in working with children, or looking to enhance their current MSK skills within Paediatrics.
Main duties of the job
You will be working as an autonomous practitioner with senior support from a team of highly experienced clinical specialist physiotherapists and advanced practice physiotherapists. We have a rotational band 5 physiotherapy scheme which you will be involved with as well as working alongside therapy support staff. The service is committed to continued professional development and service improvement, and the successful applicant would be expected to fully participate in ongoing service development activities and the regular in-service training programme.
You will assist in the clinical delivery of the paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy service in the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department based at The Kent and Canterbury Hospital, although you may be required to visit other sites as per the service need. Your caseload will consist of a range of 1:1 assessments and treatments as well as being responsible for independently running group sessions in our gym space and hydrotherapy pool.
Working for our organisation
The organisation is currently launching its new improvement focus in the form of an improvement system called We Care. The We Care System is a fundamentally new model that the organisation will be shifting to, it champions empowerment, promotes innovation and will bolster the connection and collaboration of staff throughout the organisation.
The We Care System utilises a multi-layered approach to improvement allowing staff to develop and produce a variety of ideas to combat the issues and problems that have been identified. The system allows for the deployment of:
· Strategic Initiatives which are long term projects and focus led and driven by our executive
· Trust Priority Improvement Projects which are short term projects allocated to a range of project teams made up from our staff groups focusing on impacting our True North metrics and breakthrough objectives
· Ward Based OMS which delivers daily management and continuous improvement on the frontline
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy /Physiotherapy
- Appropriate State registration with the Health Professions Council
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the British Association of Occupational Therapy / Chartered Society of Physiotherapy / British Association of Hand Therapy
- Fieldwork Educators Course/Clinical Educators Course or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad experience as Junior Therapist (Band 5) and evidence of achieving the competencies of the exit gateway at Band 5
- Experience working as part of a MDT
- Contribution to clinical education/ supervision of less experienced staff/ students
Desirable criteria
- Membership of CIG
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Postgraduate Continued Professional Development in specialist field
- Involvement in audit, research and understanding quality issues
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elizabeth Strand
- Job title
- Paediatric Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Suzanne Gray Outpatient Therapy Lead 07870 366224
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