Specialist Community Children's Physiotherapist

Job summary

Do you enjoy therapeutic play? Have you ever tried it? The sky is the limit when it comes to imagination; take them on an obstacle course across a desert or make tea for a pirate on a secret island. Are you interested in taking therapeutic principles of exercise and posture to the next level, enabling children and young people to achieve their independence? It may be to enable a young person to access their electric chair to go into the community or to support them towards independent access of a gym following surgery.

Does this sound interesting? If so, then this may be just the creative and rewarding job you are looking for.

We are interested in those who are passionate about making positive changes to children who have physical challenges and we are aiming high.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist to join our large, innovative community based team working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as part of our Childrens Therapy Team.

This a full-time post, however part time would be considered (minimum of 22.5 hours). The Childrens Physiotherapy Service seeks to provide a high quality service to children and young people, aged 0-19 years and their families in the community; their home, nurseries and schools.

We work across three pathways; Early Years, Complex Disability & Physical Disability and the children and young people will present with a wide range of difficulties relating to neuro disability.

Main duties of the job

You will need to demonstrate flexibility and initiative, to work as part of a Multi-disciplinary and Multi Agency Team.

You will need to be able to manage your time effectively with a designated caseload as well as being required to support other members of the team.

You will have a strong programme of support and supervision to continue to develop your Physiotherapy skills with children and young people.

We encourage continuous professional development through both internal and external training.

You need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of working in a community setting, the complexities of working within a family and a multidisciplinary, multi-agency environment, be familiar with childrens equipment and its use and be skilled in the delivery of a number of assessment tools and interventions used by physiotherapists in community childrens services.

To work as a specialist clinician to utilise, develop and enhance Physiotherapy clinical and professional skills within Community Paediatrics to deliver high standards of practice.

To provide specialist Paediatric Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to patients within a multidisciplinary format in clinical care pathways.

Car owner/driver essential as it is unlikely that public transport will meet the needs of this job.

For further information or an informal visit please contact Laura Bottomley, Team Leader on 0116 295 2492.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Penn Lloyd Building

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE3 8TB

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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