Specialist Physiotherapist - Paediatrics Acute | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisenfor an enthusiastic, dynamic and flexible physiotherapist with an interest in paediatrics to join theinpatient paediatric physiotherapy service in the Family Care Division.

Having gained experience of core clinical areas, this post will provide you with opportunities to further develop your practice within the field of paediatrics. The post holder will assess and treat paediatric patients on our children's ward, our neonatal unit and within our community respiratory service.

As part of the wider MDT, you will be given the chance to enhance your clinical skills, gain experience of student education, participate in the delivery of training and develop your leadership and supervisory skills. High quality support will be provided by the Band 7 Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, experienced team members and Team Leader in line with the trust supervision policy.

To provide specialist paediatric physiotherapy input to the children's ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

May include some neonatal and community respiratory experience/cover.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity and children's services, with new central delivery suite, special care, neonatal intensive care and children's unit. This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit staff who share the organisation's values and beliefs.

Bolton Foundation Trust aims to ensure the wellbeing and development of all our staff team and are committed to the continuous improvement of staff engagement initiatives. This is reflected in the NHS staff survey results where, for the fourth consecutive year, the Trust obtained the highest scores in Greater Manchester for the theme of Staff Engagement.

Bolton itself is a culturally diverse university town within easy motorway access of Manchester and surrounding areas.

To assess and treat children, in a variety of settings, having gained valid informed consent for a diverse and complex range of pathologies.

To use advanced clinical reasoning, problem solving skills and assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of a patient's condition and to formulate a specialised programme of care and comprehensive discharge plan.

To provide health promotion advice to patients.

To use a wide range of therapeutic techniques/skills to deliver individual physiotherapy treatment programmes having agreed physiotherapy goals with patients/carers.

To review/reflect on own and your team's practice and performance through effective use of supervision, appraisal and peer review.

To provide advice/education, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of physiotherapy and to ensure consistent approach to patient care.

To have an understanding of other Allied Health Professionals' roles and contribute to the wider MDT.

To give advice and training on safe handling techniques and treatment programmes to patients/carers, education providers and other health and social care professionals as required.

To maintain clinical skills to enable participation in the on call/weekend rotas.

To be responsible for the education, supervision and leadership of less experienced staff, assistants (including other professions) and students to ensure that patients receive appropriate, timely physiotherapy intervention.

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