Physiotherapy Advanced Practitioner: Paediatric Cew - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Description
Band 7


Main area

  • Physiotherapy
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Grade

  • Band 7
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Contract

  • Permanent: secondment / FTC for 12 months available too
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Hours

  • Part time hours per week (Tuesday pm, and Wednesday and Thursday full days. Also paediatric out of hours inpatient services as part of planned rostered duties.)
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Job ref

Site

  • QMC
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £41,659 - £47,672 £40,057-£45,839 per annum (pro rata)
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 01/02/2023 23:59Job overview


We are looking to appoint a 0.5wte Band 7 Physiotherapy Advanced Practitioner to support our Tier 3 Children and Young Peoples Chronic Excessive Weight (CEW) out-patient clinic for Nottinghamshire.

Working days will be Tuesday afternoon and full days Thursday and Friday to support clinics and MDT working. You will also support paediatric out of hours in-patient services as part of planned rostered duties.


This post will support the Nottinghamshire clinics based at NUH and will also provide virtual support to spoke sites such as Lincoln.


You will work alongside an experienced MDT and you will have close links with the 0.5 WTE Band 7 Physiotherapist that will be employed to support the Leicestershire patients.

There will be an expectation that the two posts will support each other and cross cover virtually when operationally necessary.


You will also be part of an established children's Physio team based in the Nottingham Children's Hospital at the QMC campus of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job


You will be an expert clinical advisor within obesity and will provide assessment and advice/treatment to Children, Young people and their families who attend the East Midlands CEW Clinics.

You will provide education and training and will liaise closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team.


You will work alongside the Leicestershire Physiotherapist to identify, develop and provide innovative new ways to address obesity among our young population.

As such, service evaluation will be a key element to allow the team to showcase the success of the service.

Working for our organisation


The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and is part of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH).

We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.


With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.


The Children's Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.


Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to supported by our Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached full Job Description and Personal Specification for further details about the post

Person specification

Training & Qualification

Essential criteria

  • BSc Hons (or equivalent) Physiotherapy
  • Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registration
  • Recognised postgraduate training relevant to specialty preferably including MSc or completed modules
Experience

Essential criteria

  • Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
  • Knowledge of current best practice within a clinical specialty
Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
  • Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential criteria

  • Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
  • Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
  • Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
  • Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self
Physical skills

Essential criteria

  • Able to handle and move complex patients safely and in a way which promotes rehabilitation if applicable.
  • Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropome
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