About this role
Job summary Job Summary To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric Neuromuscular physiotherapy service. As a member of the paediatric Neouromuscular team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise, to carry out assessment, and refer for appropriate testing, to facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will work to time pressures dictated by the out-patient setting, seeking guidance from medical colleagues where appropriate. The post holder will communicate with service users, referrers, and the wider MDT, and will maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
As lead clinician for the paediatric Neuromuscular physiotherapy team, the post holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students in Leeds and across the country.
The job holder will be involved in being Principal Investigator for Research projects, collecting data and carrying out assessments
You will be required to ensure effective communication is maintained at all times, whilst providing training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
The jobholder will act as a role model to the physiotherapy team as a clinical source of expertise, promoting quality evidence based practice to support an effective and efficient service provision in the specialist area.
Main duties of the job Why you should join our Team The Childrens physiotherapy team is a team of approximately 40 physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants who work across Leeds Childrens Hospital. They have a wide scope of experience and enjoy developing and teaching new members of the team.
What you will bring to the role Qualifications
Degree or equivalent
Attendance on relevant specialist accredited post graduate courses to masters level or equivalent.
Experience
Significant experience working at a senior level in this clinical field.
Research, clinical audit and standard setting
Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing, therapy and management colleagues
Skills
Ability to communicate effectively within multi professional team
Ability to prioritise and organise.
Ability to teach qualified and unqualified staff and students.
Time management skills
Clinical leadership
Knowledge
Advanced knowledge of clinical speciality
Comprehensive understanding of current professional issues and those
influencing the NHS
Standards of professional practice
Personal Attributes
Professional and patient focused
Flexible, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact:
Sarah Hibbert
Clinical Service Manager
0113 3920609
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 3EX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)