Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist - Paediatrics (Band 7) - Advanced Specialist Physiotherapis[...]

Main area: Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist (Paediatrics) Grade Band 7

• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full time
• Flexible working: Yes

37.5 hours per week (minimum) Job ref 448-CCYP-7069249

Employer: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: The Oak Tree Centre

Town: Huntingdon

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro-rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 13/04/2025 23:59

Interview date: 25/04/2025

Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist - Paediatrics

Band 7

Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment.

Job overview

• Have a strong clinical background in Physiotherapy for Children and Young people?
• Have leadership skills and are keen to offer clinical support to more junior staff and contribute to service development?
• Want to work flexibly within a supportive, friendly, and innovative community multi-disciplinary team?
• Want to work within a team that has links with Addenbrookes Hospital; a renowned teaching hospital and research centre in Cambridge?

If your answers are 'Yes', we could be the employer for you!

We have a vacancy for a dynamic Band 7 Paediatric Physiotherapist to work within an enthusiastic and well-established community paediatric physiotherapy team. This post is in the North Team based at The Oak Tree Centre in Huntingdon. We work in close collaboration with the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team and run joint clinics with the Community Paediatricians.

The successful applicant will have a caseload of children with various neurodevelopmental conditions, who will be seen in the community, clinic and special school settings.

This post is 1.0 WTE (37.5 hours) permanent

The salary will be pro-rata

Flexible working hours are negotiable with the core working day being a Tuesday

Main duties of the job

To ensure a high standard, evidence based, cost-effective physiotherapy service to children and young people (CYP) living, or at school (mainstream and specialist) in a specified geographical area.

To work with other team members to co-ordinate and develop the physiotherapy service.

To provide highly specialist assessment and intervention to children referred for PT including information to parents, carers and other professionals.

Following assessment, to design and develop evidence-based treatment plans and management programmes.

To maintain continuous professional development and inform the Clinical Lead and Team Leads of the impact of research, policy etc. on local policies/procedures.

To provide clinical supervision as delegated by the Clinical Lead and Team Lead.

To manage own caseload in a range of settings including providing training to staff in these settings as required.

To advise and provide clinical support to other PT’s and Therapy Assistants.

To supervise and allocate work to designated assistants, PT students, volunteers and less experienced PT’s.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. To supervise and give training to more junior members of physiotherapy staff, provide clinical and management supervision and act as a source of specialist advice.
2. To provide highly specialised paediatric physiotherapy assessment and treatment for CYP living or at school (mainstream and specialist) in the specified geographical area.
3. To work effectively within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
4. To supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard.
5. To work in a variety of settings such as mainstream schools, special schools, community settings, health bases (clinic-based work) and patient homes.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

• Diploma or a degree in physiotherapy.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development maintained in a portfolio.
• Recent attendance at relevant postgraduate courses.
• HCPC Licence to Practice.
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
• Membership of the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists or other relevant special interest groups.

Experience

• Experience of working with different professional disciplines and agencies.
• Experience of supervising, supporting with competencies and training less experienced staff.
• Experience of working with children in the community setting including special schools, other educational settings, home and clinic.

Knowledge & Skills

• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate.
• Evidence of participation in research/audit.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.