Due to a promotion to support maternity leave cover, we have a 12 month fixed term position available for a current or aspiring Band 6 Paediatric Physiotherapist at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
No paediatric physiotherapy experience is needed , just a desire to learn and support children achieve their potential.
Full training and support will be provided by the Children Physiotherapy Team, with lots of opportunities to experience the world of paediatrics.
This post is funded for 37.5 hours however part time and flexible working requests will be considered.
The Children’s Physiotherapy Team is a small team which takes pride in their team, have regular meeting and training opportunities. The post holder will be required to work hard, be able to be change their roles on an hour by hour basis depending on the needs across the whole service (inpatients, outpatients and neonatal across hard working yet adaptable and provide high quality care for their inpatient and outpatient caseloads. The successful candidate will play a key role within the team to support inpatient and outpatient caseloads, develop the service and provide excellent care for our service users and their families.
For more information or an informal chat about the role, please get in touch with Gemma Frisby, Clinical Lead for Children’s Physiotherapy (
[email protected] )
To provide a specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to support the following areas using a biopsychosocial approach:
Inpatient care including respiratory, developmental reviews, post-operative orthopaedic and rehabilitation on our children’s and postnatal wards.
Lead a caseload in paediatric musculoskeletal outpatients which are held at St Peter’s Hospital and Woking Leisure Centre.
Lead hydrotherapy, rehab clinics, gym classes and appointments on the gym floor at Woking Leisure Centre and Egham Orbit using the state of the art facilities.
Support with physiotherapy led orthopaedic services for serial casting.
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest provider of acute hospital services to Surrey residents, serving a population of 410,00 people and employing approximately 4,800 staff.
Our vision is to provide an outstanding experience and best outcomes for patients and the team. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to deliver our workforce plan.
We are part of a collaborative Group with the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. As part of this partnership, colleagues may occasionally work across both organisations to support shared services, development opportunities and patient care.
St Peter’s Hospital delivers complex medical and surgical care, maternity and emergency services. Day and orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology and outpatient services are delivered at Ashford Hospital. Additional services are delivered at Woking Community Hospital.
Our Values provide us with the behaviours we respect and can commit to. By living our values through our everyday interactions, we can build a stronger, more resilient, and forward- thinking organisation, guiding us to achieve success and make a positive impact on how we deliver our services.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and discounts.
Please note that adverts may close early, so early application is encouraged.
For more information about careers at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description document attached to the advert
To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with a wide variety of paediatric, musculoskeletal and orthopaedic conditions using investigative and analytical skills and excellent clinical reasoning to develop a comprehensive diagnosis.
To act independently to formulate, deliver, constantly evaluate, and adjust accordingly the individualised physiotherapy treatment plan, based upon a sound knowledge of current evidence-based practice, outcome measures, shared care goals and treatment for children born prematurely up to the age of 17 .
To assess and treat children with respiratory conditions. Paediatric respiratory competencies are required but as experience working within respiratory is not essential, full training will be given.
