Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 8 hours per week
- Job ref
- 372-SURG1948
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Huddersfield
- Town
- Huddersfield
- Salary
- Dependant
- Closing
- 11/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 16/05/2025
Employer heading
Extended Scope Physiotherapy Practitioner - Paediatric Orthopaedics
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
Main duties of the job
The postholder:- will be responsible for managing their own caseload within the paediatric orthopaedic service but will not carry a clinical caseload within the paediatric physiotherapy service. Responsibility for ensuring requested diagnostic tests are reported on and actioned will lie with the post holder. The post holder will work with administrative colleagues to ensure that access targets are met.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry out advanced assessment of children referred to the paediatric orthopaedic out-patient service. As a member of the paediatric orthopaedic team, the post holder will use extensive clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out musculoskeletal assessment, refer for appropriate testing, facilitate diagnosis and enable treatment planning. The post holder will also manage patients with congenital foot deformities including but not limited to clubfoot, vertical talus and calcaneovalgus foot deformity with the relevant casting techniques (Ponseti method, reverse Ponseti method) independently.
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. The job holder may be involved in research projects and audit.
As lead clinician for the paediatric musculoskeletal physiotherapy service, the post holder will provide training, support, supervision and clinical expertise to qualified and unqualified staff and students.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Attendance on relevant specialist accredited post graduate course to masters level or equivalent
- HPC Registration
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- 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
- Significant experience diagnosing and managing children with MSK conditions
- Significant theoretical and practical experience treating congenital foot deformities with the relevant casting technique (Ponseti method and reverse Ponseti method
- Advanced knowledge of clinical specialty
- Comprehensive understanding of current professional issues and those influencing the NHS
- Standards of professional practice
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- 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
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
- Jane Peacock
- Job title
- General Manager, Trauma & Orthopaedic
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01484 352314
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