Specialist Physiotherapist – Paediatrics rotational - #145186

Job Overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Are you a B5 Physiotherapist, or current B6, looking to further your Physiotherapy career working with children? Then this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

We have an exciting B6 Physiotherapy opportunity working in Paediatrics for an enthusiastic, and motivated physio who wants to consolidate their clinical skills, by rotating through different clinical areas, whilst growing and developing their leadership and management skills.

The post holder will gain experience in multiple Paediatric Therapy specialities during 9-month rotations including in-patients, outpatients and regional clinics within Southampton Children's Hospital plus within Naomi House and Jacks place Hospice.

The successful applicant will be supported within the specialities by specialist Paediatric therapists; OTs and Physios, allowing excellent opportunity for further developing clinical and theoretical skills, in addition to participation in service development, audits and teaching.

They will work in a friendly, dynamic and proactive paediatric Therapy team over 40 wte in conjunction with the wider Therapy services department of over 300 wte physio, OT and therapy support staff.

We provide a 7-day therapy service for our Trust and therefore you need to be able to work weekends and bank holiday, on a rota basis including participating in our respiratory out of hours service (On-call) working across adults and paediatrics.

Working for our organisation

University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.

Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.

At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

This specialist B6 Physiotherapy role includes rotations within the below speciality areas:

• Respiratory care: Intensive care, high dependency, medicine and surgery
• Neurology : Acute inpatient rehabilitation, Bursledon House rehabilitation unit, neuro-oncology and neurology.
• Orthopaedics: Inpatient: trauma, elective, neuro-orthopaedics. Outpatients.
• MSK.-Largely outpatient, groups, hydrotherapy caseloads.
• Neonatology: Inclusive of neonatal unit, high care, inpatients and outpatients.
• Neuromuscular: Regional clinics and outpatients
• Naomi House and Jacks place Hospice: inpatients, outpatients, hydrotherapy.
  
  

The main responsibilities of this B6 Specialist Physiotherapist in Paediatrics includes:

• Working across a number of clinical areas to perform assessments; formulate treatment plans and goal setting, with a highly diverse range of paediatric pts
• Working closely with specialised MDT to allow for the seamless care of patients
• Involvement in training and development, with both the therapy team, members of the MDT, patients/families and externally within the region.
• The development of professional leadership and management skills, through on the job learning, supervision, in-service training. service development supporting clinical pathways.
  
  

What We Are Looking For

• An enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible, forward thinking, fun individual with excellent communication and team working skills and a desire to specialise within paediatrics.
• Flexibility to work at weekends within all fields of paediatrics and be rostered on the whole hospital Physiotherapy Respiratory On-call ( adult and paeds ) working across the intensive, high care and acute wards
  
  

Essential Skills And Experience Needed For This Specific Post

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure you fulfil the criteria. For this specific specialist role, you also need the following:

• Qualified HPCP registered Physiotherapist with a broad range of post-qualification experience which includes Paediatrics
• Proven, documented experience in doing shifts within an acute respiratory on-call service -
  
  

including intensive care, in both adults and children.

• Clear expressed desire on your application to work at UHS therapy services and within paediatrics.
• It is a fast-paced environment where effective communication, prioritisation, and delegation skills are essential the post holder must be able to work under pressure, problem solve and prioritise tasks in an ever-changing workload
• Excellent communication skills: to enable close working relationships being able to adapt their communication to meet the child’s, family, and MDT needs considering their age and development.
• Be physically fit and able to work with children with complex needs using different equipment and working in different positions and environments. This includes working on the floor, being water-confident in the hydrotherapy pool and therapeutically handling patients.
• Experience working in challenging and emotive situations with active coping strategies and resilience.
• Car driver, for working between hospital sites, and NH/JP Hospice.
  
  

Desirable Skills Needed

• Experience as a student supervisor
  
  

Please Note

• Interviews will be held on 25th June
• Interviews will be face to face to enable specific paediatric clinical skills assessments
• We do not accept CV applications.
  
  

We welcome enquiries and are happy to answer any questions you may have, please contact [email protected] or phone Paediatric Therapy Dept on 023 8120 4560.

If this post is not for you and you are interested in other therapy opportunities, please e-mail: [email protected]

Person specification

Trust Values

Essential criteria

• Patient First
• Always Improving
• Working Together
  
  

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Current HCPC registration
• Experience with a variety of physical and mental health conditions/multiple pathology
• Experience of working with support staff
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience in independently managing a caseload of patients
• Previous experience within relevant clinical area
• Previous experience on-call, where relevant to clinical area