Physiotherapist

Job responsibilities

Main responsibilities and tasks:

- To deliver Physiotherapy as indicated in student Education Healthcare Plans, which may involve delivering individual and group therapy as required.

- To support teaching and support staff to embed physio programmes in lessons in line with the relevant curriculums.

- To organise own time, including clinical supervision and competencies, in order to best meet in student needs with the Assistant Head and pathway leads.

- To produce reports as required for annual reviews and to attend annual reviews when required

- To be an integral part of the assessment process of new students, supporting the assessment process and liaising with the current setting to order the correct equipment to support individual students. This will also involve visiting new students in current settings

- To ensure the upkeep and order of therapy resources and ensure that therapeutic equipment is stored safely and managed effectively by class team Job Description Occupational Therapist November 2022

- To work with the therapy team to act as a holistic entity alongside teachers and support staff so that therapy is seen as a core value of Great Oaks College

- To report to the Head teacher and the Board on physiotherapy service regularly, providing expert advice to support the strategic expansion of the service in line with student number.

- To work with the SLT to deliver against the QUIP and college development plan and to support the development of the college by feeding into these strategic plans.

- To deliver hydrotherapy to students one day per week, inclusive of writing and maintaining hydrotherapy plans.

- To act as clinical lead for hydrotherapy and advise support staff on how to support students in the water.

- To work with Deputy Principals to identify, organise and deliver training to Great Oaks College staff and the wider community supporting our students.

- To work alongside job coaches and the transition co-ordinator to help staff outside of college working with our students to support any specific needs.

- Any other duty as required by the head teacher commensurate with the post.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Understands the needs of students with learning
• difficulties including PMLD and ASD
• Able to train, motivate and manage staff, securing
• their commitment to providing a high quality service
• to pupils and families.
• Able to, speak and write in grammatically correct
• English.
• Competent in using ICT both within role and in
• recordkeeping systems.
• Understands safeguarding procedures relating to the
• role

Desirable

• Ability to speak more than one language
• Able to drive a minibus
• Competent in using AAC

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions
• Council (HCPC)
• GCSE pass grades (C or above) in English, maths or equivalent.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• The candidate is willing to put our students needs at
• the centre of all they do at work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Tactful, diplomatic and sensitive to the needs of
• others
• Excellence record in both attendance and
• punctuality. Not in Management of Absence process.
• Able to lead others, motivating and achieving high
• level of performance from college education staff.
• Self motivating and able to take strategic lead.
• Sensitivity to the challenges faced by students, staff
• and families.
• Approachable, polite and professional.
• Resilient. Able to meet demands of a challenging
• high pressured environment and deal with
• emergencies when required.
• Flexible. Able to manage last minute changes when
• required.
• Physically able to undertake all aspects of the role .
• High expectations of self and others.
• Well-groomed and presented in line with requirement
• of the role.
• Committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years experience working in a specialist
• school for young adults who have very complex
• needs including PMLD, SLD and autism.
• Evidence of recent training and professional
• development
• Band 7 experience
• Able to design and deliver Physiotherapy Programmes
• Ability to lead engaging CPD for College staff
• Ability to demonstrate effective management of
• clinical caseload of young people with special
• educational needs.
• Ability to provide effective physiotherapy
• assessments and interventions relevant to children
• with communication, learning difficulties and sensory
• needs.
• Working with parents to ensure they are able to
• deliver physiotherapy programmes at home

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).