Job summary
- Main area
- community paediatric physiotherapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: and fixed term for 1 year to cover maternity leave
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-1297
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Michaels Site , Cedar House
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £49,178 - £55,492 per annum, pro rata inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
Band 7
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
Enfield Community Services.
Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist posts consisting of:
Contracts: 1x Permanent 0.8 wte, 30 hours per week. 1 x Fixed term 0.8 wte, 30 hrs per week - 1 year to cover maternity leave from August’24 - August’25
Experienced and Professional multi-disciplinary provision delivering Therapeutic services for children with the London borough of Enfield.
The services currently comprise of: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and language therapy, Dietetics, Complex Needs and Palliative Care Nursing and Specialist Family support. The service works closely with other disciplines within the Child Development Team and Primary Care Team (Health Visiting, School Nursing and Safe guarding services) to provide services across the borough.
The service also works closely with the Local Authority (in particular Joint service for children with Disabilities and Special Education Needs Department) including Schools in the provision of a joined up Health, Education and Social Care provision.
The Physiotherapy service is an established Musculoskeletal (0-14 years) and Neurodisability (0-19 years) service which provides specialised Physiotherapy assessment and intervention to children with varying needs in community settings, special schools, clinic and the CDC.
The Band 7 Physiotherapist will have a mixed caseload consisting of children of all ages.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist assessment for children aged 0-18, who may have complex presentation, to determine relevant clinical picture and specific treatment indicated, working as an autonomous practitioner
To provide specialist advise and work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team, including Paediatricians, Orthopaedic Consultants, GPs, SLT, OT, Nurses, Social care professionals, Educational professionals and other services.
To educate families and carers regarding their child’s specific physiotherapy management including exercise programmes, targeted activities, positioning advice and physical activity recommendations.
To work closely with Wheelchair services, Orthotics department and other specialist equipment agencies, Voluntary agencies and other professional groups to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into patient care programmes.
To be responsible for the appropriate physiotherapy treatment of an identified group of children, with a wide variety of conditions, including children with severe physical and/or cognitive impairment, some of whom may have complex social and psychological needs
To formulate individualised physiotherapy management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills and utilizing a wide range of specialist treatment approaches.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description
A wonderful opportunity has arisen for you to join a well-established, highly professional, warm and welcoming children’s physiotherapy team at Enfield. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist, with established specialist skills and a passion for working with children and their families in a thriving MDT environment.
You will join a long established, supportive, forward-thinking team of highly experienced Physiotherapists working in Enfield Community Services. This is a community role based at St Michael’s Primary Care Centre, delivering physiotherapy services in a range of settings including, schools, homes and clinics.
The post may offer opportunities to work in a range of areas across the service, including within our large Musculoskeletal Service, as well as the Neurodisability Service. All areas of the service are well supported by band 4, band 6, and band 7 colleagues. There is regular in-service training, and your professional development will be well supported by the Clinical Lead.
We also welcome applications from those that would prefer part time work, job share flexible working and those who have specialist skills and would prefer to work in one area – please indicate this on your application.
“This has been the best team I have worked for. Not only is there a wealth of experience (which everyone is more than happy to share and learn from one another), but everyone is so approachable, helpful and it’s great to be part of a team who are friends both in and out of the workplace.” – previous team member
For further information, please contact.
Jasweer Singh operational lead Tel: 07929 383792
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Graduate diploma or BSc Physiotherapy • Evidence of ongoing CPD • HCPC registration • CSP membership
Desirable criteria
- • Member of APCP • Member of special interest group • Evidence of relevant postgraduate education and/or qualifications
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- • Strong desire and passion to work within a Children’s Physiotherapy Team and share your knowledge and skills within the team. • Ability to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and tact
Other
Desirable criteria
- Car driver and own car available
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of broad experience working in paediatrics including neurodevelopmental delay, complex needs and/or MSK • Experience of working as part of an MDT • Evidence of appraisal and supervision of junior members of staff and students • Previous working within the NHS in the UK
Desirable criteria
- • Some experience of managing a Paediatric MSK caseload • Evidence of involvement in service development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates specialist knowledge of paediatric assessment and treatment interventions in neurodevelopmental physiotherapy and/or MSK • Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills • Able to work independently and able to manage own caseload • Demonstrate use of evidence-based practice • Have a sound knowledge of clinical governance and risk • Evidence of participation in research or audit
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of hydrotherapy • Knowledge of specialist postural management equipment and orthotics
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jasweer Kaur Singh
- Job title
- operational lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929383792
- Additional information
Mashud Ahmed
service manager
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