Job summary
The Children's Therapy Service has an exciting opportunity for a specialist band 7 Physiotherapist to join our Community Children's Physiotherapy team. The post is 30 hours part-time, other hours will be considered.
The post holder will support children and young people with complex needs, providing input into Special schools , clinics and homes across Stockport .
The role will also involve responsibility for supervision of designated staff and students.
Job Summary:
We would like to recruit a Physiotherapist who is experienced in paediatrics and has extensive knowledge of neurodevelopmental conditions and postural care.
You will be the named clinical lead for children with complex needs, devising and implementing appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways associated with this area.
You will be part of multidisciplinary and multi- agency teams delivering highly specialist interventions according to the agreed service pathways.
The role involves liaison with health, education and social services, working in partnership with primary carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service.
To provide a specialist service to children in a variety of settings across Stockport including their own homes, Special Schools and clinics for children with a range of complex special needs as required
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To work as part of multidisciplinary and multiagency teams to deliver highly specialist interventions according to the agreed service pathways.
To develop and maintain effective working relationships with parents/ carers and other stakeholders, using highly developed negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.
To maintain, develop and promote excellence in clinical practice within the specialist area of the service, with reference to current research and evidence-based practice, contributing to safe effective practice in the specialist area.
Demonstrate clinical leadership and represent the local team/service area in all appropriate meetings to support the planning and development of quality services across Stockport.
To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To be responsible for your own caseload and a defined area of the service, and provide support/supervision/training to colleagues working in your specialist area.
Supervise, educate and assess the performance of Students in conjunction with universities.
Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice within each rotation. Make recommendations to clinical team leader for changes to practice. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service guidelines.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice 3033
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description and person specification for more information related to the duties and responsibilities of this post.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description and person specification for more information related to the duties and responsibilities of this post.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy, HCPC, CSP
- Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
- evidence of recent relevant CPD activities and training in specialist area 0=none, 1 = some, 3 = great
Desirable
- relevant training in clinical leadership
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and their management related to this clinical area
- An understanding of Clinical governance and evidence based practice.
Experience
Essential
- extensive experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in specialist area of service
- Extensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary teams in local authority and health settings
- significant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local process
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff in specialist area
- significant experience of providing complex written and verbal information to others to a high standard
Desirable
- Experience of student education within the workplace up to graduate level.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of skills to apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques / clinical reasoning
- Effective communication style, including conflict resolution / presentation skills / written reports
- Electronic Patient Record systems / IT skills
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively.
Desirable
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Meets person spec - e,g, able to perform the duties physically, cope with distress etc.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Physiotherapy, HCPC, CSP
- Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
- evidence of recent relevant CPD activities and training in specialist area 0=none, 1 = some, 3 = great
Desirable
- relevant training in clinical leadership
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and their management related to this clinical area
- An understanding of Clinical governance and evidence based practice.
Experience
Essential
- extensive experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in specialist area of service
- Extensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary teams in local authority and health settings
- significant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local process
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff in specialist area
- significant experience of providing complex written and verbal information to others to a high standard
Desirable
- Experience of student education within the workplace up to graduate level.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Evidence of skills to apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques / clinical reasoning
- Effective communication style, including conflict resolution / presentation skills / written reports
- Electronic Patient Record systems / IT skills
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively.
Desirable
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Meets person spec - e,g, able to perform the duties physically, cope with distress etc.
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).
