Paediatric Physiotherapist

CSH Surrey

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Job summary

Following a retendering process, the children's service is due to be transferred to the new provider on the 1st of April 2025. Given this post sits within the transferring service, in line with the legislative requirements, the successful candidate will be part of the TUPE transfer along with other colleagues.

Are you an enthusiastic Physiotherapy apprentice seeking a Band 5 Physiotherapist at registration who is keen to develop specialist skills in Paediatrics.

Our service provides assessment and therapy intervention for children and young people aged 0-19 who present with developmental, neurological and neuromuscular conditions. The post involves flexible working across a variety of community settings including special schools, mainstream schools and nurseries, childrens homes and out-patient clinics. The work is varied, interesting and extremely rewarding.

The team enjoys close working relationships with the wider MDT and there are opportunities to work alongside specialists in their field in a variety of clinics including lycra, orthotics and orthopaedics. You will develop specialist knowledge of complex physical disability and skills in the prescription and set up of specialist equipment, report writing e.g. Education and Health Care Plans (EHCP) and will have access to a wide range of resources including Outcome Measures.

Main duties of the job

CSH is committed to your continuous professional development. You will be supported to attend in-house training as well as relevant external training sessions and provided with regular opportunities for peer and 1:1 supervision.

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the role.

About us

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.

Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.

We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are heard at Board level. CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.

Date posted

12 November 2024

Pay scheme

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Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,469 to £38,308 a year including 5% HCA, Pro Rata Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B9074-24-0262

Job locations

The White House, Crouch Oak Lane

Addlestone

Surrey

KT15 2AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide support and advice for the childs family and parents in all aspects of their

care that relate to their therapy needs, adjusting use of language to allow for their level ofcomprehension to understand.

2. To provide and receive complex and sensitive information with regard to a childs difficulties and expectations.

3. To attend meetings where requested in order to provide advice about the therapy needs of the child. To arrange these meetings when appropriate.

4. To be able to demonstrate empathy and sensitivity in response to parents and children.

5. To work closely with parents who are themselves dealing with anger, grief and frustrationas they come to terms with the impact of their childs condition with support from a seniorclinician as appropriate.

6. To provide therapy reports for use within inter-agencies, e.g. educational documentationrelevant to the practice setting, standards and guidelines

7. To ensure that up to date written electronic records and activity are maintained inaccordance with the professional and organisation standards

8. To provide programmes on a verbal, written basis or using pictorial representation asrequired to ensure these programmes are accessible to parents/ carers

9. To interpret assessment results and identify therapy goals as part of an overall care planwith support where appropriate.

10. To contribute to the childs diagnosis by communicating assessment findings to the childs paediatrician, parents/carers and other involved professionals.

11. Ensure that children and parents/carers are involved with planning and implementation of their care plans wherever possible

12. To make referrals to other professionals and agencies if required to address the childsglobal needs.

13. To provide clinical support for students

14. To plan, organise and provide training to parents/carers and educational staff as part of the therapy team.

15. To undertake basic presentations of paediatric therapy related talks both internally andexternally with support if appropriate.

16. To participate in the delivery of the therapy development plan.

17. To demonstrate participation in Continuous professional development in line with the HCPC and professional body requirements

18. To review and reflect on own practise and performance through a variety of meansincluding the effective use of professional and operational supervision.

19. To deputise for the Band 6 when required.

20. To effectively plan the daily management of a caseload of children

21. To prioritise clinical work and balance other patient related and professional activities as the department requires.

22. To carry out assessments used to contribute to a multidisciplinary assessment anddiagnosis of complex needs

23. To use and maintain sound clinical reasoning skills throughout the therapeutic process toensure best practice and identify risk.

24. To assess clients, carers and other professionals understanding of treatment proposals,

gain valid consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with clients wholack capacity to consent to treatment.

25. Through standardised and non-standardised assessments to develop the clinical skills todetermine and recommend the best course of intervention, developing comprehensivetherapy plans.

26. To develop and implement therapy and management plans for each child incorporatingindividual or group therapy sessions and programmes for use at home and/or in educationsettings.

27. To re-evaluate and progress/adapt therapy programmes at established intervals depending on the needs of each child and the outcomes expected and discharge when appropriate.

28. To use investigative and analytical skills, and to seek guidance where appropriate fromClinical team leads and clinical specialists.

29. To plan and implement a range of specialist child-centred individual and/or groupinterventions, using clinical reasoning skills.

30. To use a range of evidence-based therapy/ management options in formulatingprogrammes of care.

31. To evaluate the outcomes of your interventions

32. To contribute to research and development activities

33. Demonstrate skills in dealing with issues associated with caseload management, andescalating issues where necessary. Ensure timely and effective communication with seniorteam members on all professional matters where required.

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