Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Physiotherapist to join our supportive and friendly team based at The Den our purpose built children's centre at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

The team provides Specialist Physiotherapy Services to children with Neurodevelopmental conditions, age 0-18 years, across North Derbyshire.

The role is predominantly clinic based but you will gain experience across a range of clinical areas.

You will assist with Developmental Coordination Disorder and CPIP’s clinics and support audit and patient feedback projects.

The role demands excellent team working, time keeping and communication skills.

This post would be ideal for a Physiotherapist with relevant  pre or post graduate experience  and a passion for working with children and their families.

We are committed to providing you with on-going training and development opportunities to ensure you thrive in your role here at the Trust.

The key to our success is simple:  our people.   With your experience, energy and commitment, you’ll be able to make a huge difference.  

As the selection process will involve a practical element you will be required to attend a face-to-face interview.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the Children’s Physiotherapy service to provide assessment, treatment and therapy advice to children and young people with physical disabilities

·   To be responsible for the management of a designated caseload under the supervision and mentoring of a senior clinician. 

·  To Work in outpatient clinic settings but undertake home, nursery and school visits if required

·  To assist senior colleagues with Physiotherapy interventions in Special Schools if required

·  To work collaboratively with multiagency colleagues and other professionals within and beyond the trust to provide co-ordinate care to best meet the needs of the child.

·     To present a professional image and promoting a positive image of the Trust to service users, carers and the community as a whole.

Working for our organisation

The hospital is a friendly District General Hospital on the doorstep of the beautiful Peak District. This post presents a great opportunity to live and work in some of the finest landscape in the country.

Major cities such as Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham and Derby are all within an hour’s train journey, and local airports include East Midlands, Manchester and Leeds Bradford, with London within a couple of hours.

There are excellent schools in the local area, only a few minutes from the hospital, as well as nursery childcare on-site.

Your happiness at work is incredibly important to us, and hence, we are committed to supporting your health and wellbeing.  Our proud to CARE values and Leading the Chesterfield Way behaviours are firmly embedded across the Trust, whilst our focus on proudly ‘being you’ supports our hospital to be a great place to work.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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