Job summary
Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
Location: London
Part-time: 22.5 hours
Fixed term until the end of March 2024
Would you like to take up an exciting opportunity to further develop your career in Paediatric Physiotherapy as part of a dynamic and friendly team?
We are looking for a highly experienced, enthusiastic, self-motivated senior member of staff to help lead in providing a high-quality, comprehensive and proactive clinical physiotherapy service for children and young people (0 to 19) referred to our specialist children's physiotherapy service.We are based at the purpose built Children and Young People's Centre -- Kaleidoscope in Catford and provide physiotherapy for children and young people in the diverse population of Lewisham.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will take a lead responsibility for an allocated care pathway, work within special schools, provide early intervention to identified client groups under five and assess and treat school-age children. They will take an active part in leading physiotherapy and multidisciplinary groups for children and supervise and train physiotherapy staff, students and technical instructors.Within Lewisham there is a strong multidisciplinary/multiagency focus to working with children and young people, the post holder will support this and be involved in promoting it for individual families.
We have a physiotherapy team of 11 staff and offer peer support and a strong commitment to continuing professional development.The post holder will have opportunities to develop clinical, organisational and managerial skills in a variety of settings and to work with children of all ages.The successful candidate will be highly specialised, experienced, motivated, organised and committed to working within a team environment.
An enhanced DBS check and fulfillment of the physical requirement of the post are detailed in the Person specification. A clean driving license is desirable.
For further information about this post or to arrange a visit please contact:
Sarah Whiting, Team Lead for Children and Young People's Physiotherapy on 0203 049 1452.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist physiotherapy service to children and young people in Lewisham, managing a highly complex caseload of clients with a variety of developmental disabilities. The post holder will provide neurological and neurodevelopmental therapy assessment, intervention and review for children and young people; as well as provide clinical supervision and management to a small number of staff members. The service is provided in a variety of locations within the Lewisham area including Kaleidoscope Centre, mainstream schools and nurseries, special needs schools, the family home, aquatic therapy pools, local leisure centres and occasional in-reach into Lewisham Hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist physiotherapy service to children and young people in Lewisham, managing a highly complex caseload of clients with a variety of developmental disabilities. The post holder will provide neurological and neurodevelopmental therapy assessment, intervention and review for children and young people; as well as provide clinical supervision and management to a small number of staff members. The service is provided in a variety of locations within the Lewisham area including Kaleidoscope Centre, mainstream schools and nurseries, special needs schools, the family home, aquatic therapy pools, local leisure centres and occasional in-reach into Lewisham Hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration (Health Professionals Council)
- Evidence of CPD (Continuous Professional Development)
- Safeguarding/Child Protection
- Paediatric manual handling
- Post registration paediatric training
Desirable
- Member of APCP (Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists)
- Member of CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy)
- Leadership training
- Student supervisors course
- Working at specialist level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD, includes M level accredited courses attended and clinical experience gained
- Training in Bobath, Orthotics, Aquatic Therapy, DCD, sensory integration.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience as a Physiotherapist in children and young people's services.
- Significant experience working in an NHS environment
- Client centred practice within a multidisciplinary environment.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of postural management equipment and orthotics
- Supervision of staff and students
- Experience of working within a community setting
- To have proven experience in developing and providing education and teaching programmes to other professionals and students
- Previous experience working in a school setting and working closely with education services
- Use of electronic recording systems
Desirable
- Evidence of specific area of service improvement/ development
- Audit and research
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC Registration (Health Professionals Council)
- Evidence of CPD (Continuous Professional Development)
- Safeguarding/Child Protection
- Paediatric manual handling
- Post registration paediatric training
Desirable
- Member of APCP (Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists)
- Member of CSP (Chartered Society of Physiotherapy)
- Leadership training
- Student supervisors course
- Working at specialist level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD, includes M level accredited courses attended and clinical experience gained
- Training in Bobath, Orthotics, Aquatic Therapy, DCD, sensory integration.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience as a Physiotherapist in children and young people's services.
- Significant experience working in an NHS environment
- Client centred practice within a multidisciplinary environment.
- Knowledge and experience in the use of postural management equipment and orthotics
- Supervision of staff and students
- Experience of working within a community setting
- To have proven experience in developing and providing education and teaching programmes to other professionals and students
- Previous experience working in a school setting and working closely with education services
- Use of electronic recording systems
Desirable
- Evidence of specific area of service improvement/ development
- Audit and research
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
