Band 7 MSK Child and Adolescent Physiotherapist

Location Harlow
Job type Permanent
Salary £39332.00 - £45534.00 per annum
Consultant Vitor Rosado
Reference HQ00100942_1582112142

Are you looking for a new full-time Physiotherapist role in Harlow, London?

Sanctuary Health is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Band 7 Child and Adolescent MSK Physiotherapist to work full-time in Harlow, London. The ideal candidate will possess highly developed specialist knowledge of Physiotherapy and be registered with the HCPC.

The salary for this permanent Physiotherapist job is £39,332 up to £45,534 per annum.

Job Purpose:

  • To work as a key member of the therapy team to provide MSK Physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment for children and young people and to support them, their families and carers in self-management and care.
  • To manage and prioritise own caseload and workload independently.
  • Take a lead in departmental development of MSK services.
  • To act independently to assess, analyse and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention, and act independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise rehabilitation potential.
  • To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing and delivering Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy assessments and treatment plans to your own designated clinical caseload of patients presenting with various conditions.
  • To use a wide range of physiotherapy skills including manual physiotherapy techniques, self-management advice, and therapeutic handling.
  • Support the delivery of key performance targets.
  • Plan and implement training programmes to others.
  • To work with the child, their parents/carers and others involved in the child's care to prioritise treatment aims for the child or young person.
  • Consider blocks of therapy to help patient focus on and achieve goals, and periods of consolidation. Plan for discharge from therapy services, ensuring appropriate onward referral and liaison as required.
  • To work with patients with a variety of conditions and their carers/families, across the teams geographical patch. Work flexibly in order to provide an equitable service to all patients across the patch, as the caseload determines, and to cover periods of staff absence.
  • Develop skills and knowledge of a wide range of MSK disorders, and MSK caseload management.
  • Adapt practice to meet individual patient circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
  • To complete incident forms where appropriate and discuss pertinent issues regarding adverse incidents with line manager and others involved.
  • To comply with mandatory training, ensuring that this is completed in a timely manner.
  • To ensure that any Safeguarding concerns are reported appropriately, following local policies and procedures.
  • To carry out work within/and to your level of competency, in other areas of the wider team, to facilitate equity of service provision for all patients if requested by manager.

Requirements:

  • Degree or equivalent within Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registered as a Physiotherapist
  • Recent post qualifying experience working as a Physiotherapist
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Paediatric experience preferable

Contact:

This Physiotherapist job is advertised by Victor Rosado; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.