Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist - Neonates

Serving a population of approximately 350,000 from Kettering and its surrounding area, Kettering General Hospital is a busy district hospital with a level 2 Local Neonatal Unit, that typically admits around 450 babies per year. Our Neonatal service provides intensive, high-dependency and special care for 20 babies (from 27 weeks gestation) as part of the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (EMNON). Admissions to the unit comprise both Kettering-born babies and those born in other hospitals within EMNODN and referred to us for short-term intensive and high-dependency care.

Are you an ambitious and passionate Physiotherapist looking to make a lasting difference by supporting babies and families in the NICU?

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly specialist Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our expanding Neonatal Allied Health Professional Team. This newly created permanent role offers the chance to play a key part in shaping and developing an innovative service that supports babies and their families during some of the most critical stages of early development.

Be part of an expanding Neonatal Physiotherapy service helping to define its future direction. Work within a supportive multidisciplinary neonatal team committed to delivering outstanding family-centred care.

Access excellent professional development opportunities through local and regional networks. Benefit from flexible working arrangements, which will be considered for the successful candidate.

Working within our Neonatal team, you will help deliver specialist assessment, intervention and support for infants and families, while contributing to service development, quality improvement and multidisciplinary working across the Neonatal pathway.

As part of a significant investment in the service, you will work alongside; Dietician, Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy colleagues at Kettering General Hospital, and will be supported by a friendly, knowledgeable, and highly collaborative neonatal multidisciplinary team. You will also benefit from strong links with an established regional neonatal network and shared learning.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sindhu Sajan Job title: Matron Email address:

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