Physiotherapist: PaediatricsNHS

Job summary

This is an exciting, fixed term contract opportunity within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) Children's Physiotherapy Service, which provides a comprehensive service to children's musculoskeletal outpatient and acute services. The Band 5 post holder will work in the acute physiotherapy team that provides a 7-day 24-hour inpatient service to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Major Trauma, Accident and Emergency, tertiary services for infectious diseases and haematology, and general paediatric wards. The post holder will also manage children and young people with musculoskeletal conditions within an outpatient setting.

Main duties of the job

• To plan and deliver a patient centred therapy service to patients in hospital and in the community.
• To be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To routinely provide advice, education and support to patients and their carers as part of the therapy process. To adopt a patient centred treatment approach in order to support meaningful participation in life roles.
• To demonstrate effective communication skills when attending and contributing to ward rounds, meetings and case conferences relating to caseload.
• To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records in line with the legal requirements, trust guidelines and professional standard of practice.
• To collect, collate and reports statistical information in line with departmental and trust policy.
• To develop clinical and teaching skills via continuous personal and professional development (CPPD), including maintenance of an up to date CPPD portfolio.
• To participate in the Band 5 peer support group.
• Build and sustain professional relationships both as an independent practitioner and collaboratively as a member of the team.
• To share responsibility for ordering, issuing, retrieving and maintaining departmental equipment.

Job description

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.