Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiotherapist (B7)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Alder Hey's community physiotherapy and occupational therapy team in Sefton. We are seeking a dynamic, caring person, with significant experience of working with babies and young children to join our community physiotherapy team as a highly specialised physiotherapist (Band 7) on a part time (22.5 hrs.) temporary basis to support the team for a year. Our physiotherapy service supports children (0-19 years old) with motor co-ordination difficulties, neurodevelopmental presentations, developmental delay, neuromuscular conditions, complex neuro disability and associated respiratory problems. Our team consists of highly specialist physiotherapists, and therapy support staff including therapy assistants, assistant practitioners and admin support. We work along side our Occupational Therapy colleagues often combining our sessions and appointments for the benefit of the children and families. The team is experienced and supportive and is passionate in providing family centered care to those we work with. You will work in a variety of locations including clinics, school's and children's homes. As a service we have strong links with acute teams based at Alder Hey, Liverpool Women's Hospital and colleagues in education and social care.,

• To work as part of a team and deliver holistic and specialist assessment, advice and intervention to children who attend a mainstream or specialist school setting.
• To communicate highly complex and sensitive information effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure understanding of condition and implication of management where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Be highly skilled in communicating with children of all ages who have a range of physical and psychological barriers to understanding. Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, and gaining informed consent are used with a variety of patients, parents and carers.
• To be responsible for a designated area of work, as agreed with the Head of Service for Community Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, and to plan and organise efficiently and effectively with regard to patients' management and time management.
• To decide priorities for own work area, balancing patient related and professional demands, and ensure that these remain in accordance with those of the team as a whole.To be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available both in the department on the wards and community environment.
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  Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year. In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.
The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton. We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year. As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit. You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. We offer an outstanding service to children and families who live in Sefton offering appointments in a variety of settings including clinics, nurseries, soft play centers, mainstream and special schools and the child's home.