Physiotherapist - Paediatric Rotational

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

The Paediatric Physiotherapy Team are looking for a HCPC registered physiotherapist with an interest in pursuing a career in paediatrics to come and join our team.

We are a forward thinking, dynamic service that delivers rehabilitation services across all the services provided at the Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow encompassing Orthopaedics / Musculoskeletal, Neurology/Neuromuscular and Respiratory clinical specialities. We work closely with the multi-disciplinary to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care. We also have close links with Community Paediatric Services. You should be an adaptable, enthusiastic team-player with excellent communication and decision making skills and an extensive knowledge of Disney characters, super-heroes, nursery rhymes and children’s TV shows.

As a service, we support all team members to develop their knowledge and skills through Continuous Professional Development in line with a Personal Development Plan and are committed to life-long learning.

Overnight and weekend on-call is a requirement of the post and individualised training and support is offered to support this.

All other roles will be assessed for sponsorship eligibility in line with current Home Office requirements. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) can only issue a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) where these are met.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Royal Hospital for Children

Full-time position (36 hours per week)

Permanent Contract

Shift pattern for this post are Monday – Friday + on call

Key Responsibilities

Is professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care within scope of practice

Assesses capacity, gains valid consent and has the ability to work within a legal framework, with patients who lack the capacity to consent

Acts independently to assess, analyse and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients, to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention

Delegates appropriate tasks and supervises Physiotherapy Support Workers to maximise efficiency and achieve desired quality of care

Participates in the departmental Personal Development and Performance Review system to promote personal and service developments

Participates in clinical audit and clinical effectiveness projects to support the Clinical Governance agenda

Regularly attends, and contributes to the physiotherapy departmental and specialty team in-service training programme to promote personal development

Produces and presents a project on each rotation to promote service development and/or own personal development

Provides support to students on clinical placement in addition to the formal supervision and assessment from the clinical educator

Is responsible for work experience students and undergraduate students on observation placement

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

Degree or diploma leading to Physiotherapy HPC registration

Current HCPC registration

Evidence of a range of learning e.g. in-service training, reflective practice.

Working knowledge of basic IT – e.g. word processing, use of internet, data base management

Knowledge of

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Fire Safety

Therapeutic Moving and Handling Policy

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays

Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits

Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme

Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses

Enhanced pay for working public holidays

NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services

Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact

Nicola Turner, Team Lead Physiotherapist - Neurology, On 0141 452 4800 or email Nicola.Turner6@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

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