Job summary
Join our dynamic Community Paediatric Physiotherapy Team!
Are you ready to take on an exciting opportunity to lead a friendly and dynamic team? We are on the lookout for a highly experienced, passionate, and self-motivated senior physiotherapist to lead our comprehensive community physiotherapy service for children and young people (0 to 19) referred to our specialist service.
Based at the Children and Young People's Centre -- Kaleidoscope in Catford, we provide physiotherapy for the diverse population of Lewisham. You will be in charge of clinical and operational leadership, ensuring our service is high-quality, evidence-based, and cost-effective, aligning with national and local children's service agendas.
In Lewisham, we emphasise a strong multidisciplinary and co-produced approach to working with children and young people. You will support and promote this, collaborating closely with other service leads and service users to enhance our local provision.
Our team of 13 physiotherapists is committed to peer support and continuous professional development. The role offers you the chance to further develop your own clinical, organisational, and managerial skills.
We are looking for someone highly specialised, passionate, organised, innovative, and dedicated to working in a motivated team environment. Are you ready to make a difference?
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical and operational leadership for the Children and Young People's Physiotherapy Team ensuring service delivery aligns with the service specification, is evidenced based, value for money and in line with the national and local agenda for Children's Services.
To advise the directorate senior leadership team of service needs, demand and capacity, trends and influencing factors and proposing options for resolution.
To deliver advanced physiotherapy assessment, intervention, and consultation for children and young people with complex acquired and developmental disabilities and social needs.
To take a delegated lead working with the Associate General Manager and Head of Children and Young People's Therapies to support the development and implementation of effective business, clinical and corporate plans as required by the service to ensure a child focused service is delivered.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the role.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
- Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Master's degree in Paediatric Physiotherapy or other relevant area or evidence of post graduate training at Master's level
- HCPC registration
- Membership of CSP and APCP
- Recognised advanced assessment / diagnosis / treatment postgraduate diploma / certificate in areas addressing needs relating to a wide range of clinical conditions and disabilities to e.g. neuro-developmental therapy, sensory integration, postural management,
Desirable
- Research training
- Leadership training
- MAES therapy training
Experience
Essential
- Extensive proven clinical experience in physiotherapy working with CYP with a range of clinical conditions and disabilities at an advanced level
- Extensive experience working within community focused services for children and young people
- Experience and skills in managing staff including, supervision, recruitment, performance management, sickness and annual leave
- Critical evaluation of clinical areas e.g. outcome measures, assessments, audit, quality improvement
- Experience of service development
- Experience working with data, spreadsheets and monitoring team performance.
- Working with a child-centred approach; working collaboratively with the child, their family, other professionals and agencies
- Experience in training others
Desirable
- Exposure to strategic and political issues affecting clinical care/service delivery are
- Preparing and delivering presentations to a range of stakeholders
- Experience in carrying out risk assessments
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- In depth advanced knowledge of child development and its relationship to the development of physical performance through childhood and adolescence
- Advanced knowledge of the impact of specific developmental disabilities on the development of the child or young person's physical performance and overall wellbeing
- To have knowledge of current national legislation and initiatives relating to CYP across health, education and social care and be able to implement this within the physiotherapy Service.
- An understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service provision
- Excellent organisation and communication skills
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
Desirable
- Current knowledge of the effective neuro-developmental, neuromuscular, orthopaedic and physiotherapy practice research
- IT skills and data skills
Qualities
Essential
- Able to motivate, teach and empower CYP, families, staff and to advocate for CYP
- Presentation skills
- Collaborative working
- Conflict management, negotiation and problem solving
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy
- Master's degree in Paediatric Physiotherapy or other relevant area or evidence of post graduate training at Master's level
- HCPC registration
- Membership of CSP and APCP
- Recognised advanced assessment / diagnosis / treatment postgraduate diploma / certificate in areas addressing needs relating to a wide range of clinical conditions and disabilities to e.g. neuro-developmental therapy, sensory integration, postural management,
Desirable
- Research training
- Leadership training
- MAES therapy training
Experience
Essential
- Extensive proven clinical experience in physiotherapy working with CYP with a range of clinical conditions and disabilities at an advanced level
- Extensive experience working within community focused services for children and young people
- Experience and skills in managing staff including, supervision, recruitment, performance management, sickness and annual leave
- Critical evaluation of clinical areas e.g. outcome measures, assessments, audit, quality improvement
- Experience of service development
- Experience working with data, spreadsheets and monitoring team performance.
- Working with a child-centred approach; working collaboratively with the child, their family, other professionals and agencies
- Experience in training others
Desirable
- Exposure to strategic and political issues affecting clinical care/service delivery are
- Preparing and delivering presentations to a range of stakeholders
- Experience in carrying out risk assessments
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- In depth advanced knowledge of child development and its relationship to the development of physical performance through childhood and adolescence
- Advanced knowledge of the impact of specific developmental disabilities on the development of the child or young person's physical performance and overall wellbeing
- To have knowledge of current national legislation and initiatives relating to CYP across health, education and social care and be able to implement this within the physiotherapy Service.
- An understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services
- Understanding of the impact of local cultural, linguistic and demographic factors which influence service provision
- Excellent organisation and communication skills
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
Desirable
- Current knowledge of the effective neuro-developmental, neuromuscular, orthopaedic and physiotherapy practice research
- IT skills and data skills
Qualities
Essential
- Able to motivate, teach and empower CYP, families, staff and to advocate for CYP
- Presentation skills
- Collaborative working
- Conflict management, negotiation and problem solving
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
