Paediatric Physiotherapist

The post holder will be part of the North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Paediatric Physiotherapy Service providing high quality care to children and their families either in the acute setting or in the community.

To take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of children within the speciality who may have acute, complex and/or chronic conditions.

To plan, deliver and evaluate physiotherapy intervention in partnership with health, education and social services colleagues and together deliver and evaluate all elements of the programme.

The post holder will report directly to a Band 7 Clinical Team Leader.

The post holder will work under the supervision and mentorship of a Band

Physiotherapist who will be primarily responsible for day to day operational issues.

Who will also take the lead clinical role in respect of service and staff development.

To deputise for a Band 7 Paediatric Physiotherapist if required to do so.

The post holder will be responsible for the management of Band 5 Physiotherapists, Therapy Assistants/Technicians and students when required.

Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the children under your management, and support band 5 staff to do likewise.

To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form an accurate diagnosis and prognoses in a wide range of complex conditions, to recommend the best course of intervention, and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of children, including those with a complex presentation, using investigative and analytical skills, and to formulate individualised management and treatment plans, using advanced clinical reasoning, and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate a specialised programme of care.

To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of children, and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.

To demonstrate highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of children.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"

Depending on experience £35,392 - £42,618 Salary is dependent on experience