Job summary
Are you an experienced and compassionate Paediatric Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career?
As a Band 6 Community Paediatric Physiotherapist, you will work as part of the Paediatric Therapy Team to autonomously manage a complex caseload of children with a wide range of varied and complex needs.
The role involves delivering specialist assessment and evidence based intervention to support children in achieving or maintaining their full potential.
You will also play a key role in providing clinical support, training and supervision to junior staff and students, contributing to high quality, child centred care across the service
Base: You will be based at one of our Surrey-wide office hubs, with the flexibility of hybrid working to support your professional and personal needs.
At HCRG Care Group, we are proud to be a flexible-first employer. Our agile working approach allows our teams to thrive in a supportive and adaptable environment while delivering high-quality care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist, childcentred physiotherapy assessment and intervention for children with complex needs, using evidencebased practice and sound clinical reasoning.
- Autonomously manage and prioritise a complex caseload, responding to urgent referrals and adapting to unpredictable work demands.
- Interpret complex assessment findings to set therapy goals, contribute to multidisciplinary diagnosis, and develop, implement and review individualised therapy programmes.
- Deliver therapy programmes through individual and group sessions across home, community and education settings, adapting and discharging appropriately.
- Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to children, parents/carers and professionals, using accessible language and gaining valid consent.
- Provide empathetic support to families, including those experiencing distress, grief or frustration related to their childs condition.
- Produce high quality specialist reports and maintain accurate electronic clinical records in line with professional and organisational standards.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary and external agencies, attending and organising meetings, making referrals and supporting tribunal processes when required.
- Plan and coordinate daily therapy service delivery, including oversight of therapists and assistants.
- Supervise, appraise and line manage Band 5, 4 and 3 staff, and provide supervision and support to students.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Community Paediatric Physiotherapist, you will be part of our valued Therapies Team in North West Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change Salary with NHS Pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered and compliant with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of Post graduate training/or equivalent experience relevant to speciality such as:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, government policy and professional standards
- Minimum of 2 years postgraduate physiotherapy experience
- Broad knowledge of current evidence based practice within paediatric/community settings
- Relevant clinical therapy experience aligned to the role
- Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development
- Competence in the use of standardised assessments
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to plan and deliver training to staff, parents/carers and other professionals
Desirable
- Membership of Special Interest Group
Other requirements: the successful applicant will to have a valid UK Driving Licence and access to a car for work purposes.
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Community Paediatric Physiotherapist, you will be part of our valued Therapies Team in North West Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change Salary with NHS Pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- Registered and compliant with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of Post graduate training/or equivalent experience relevant to speciality such as:
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, government policy and professional standards
- Minimum of 2 years postgraduate physiotherapy experience
- Broad knowledge of current evidence based practice within paediatric/community settings
- Relevant clinical therapy experience aligned to the role
- Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development
- Competence in the use of standardised assessments
- Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working
- Ability to plan and deliver training to staff, parents/carers and other professionals
Desirable
- Membership of Special Interest Group
Other requirements: the successful applicant will to have a valid UK Driving Licence and access to a car for work purposes.
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
.jpg){kind=logo}
