Specialist Community Children's Physiotherapist

Your Office Toronto; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000

Job description

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

About

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, providing high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley.

We provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

The Trust has 7,500 staff and has invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across key services. We are accredited as a flexible working employer and as a London Living Wage employer.

Our hospitals provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. Over the last year, our emergency performance has been among the strongest in London.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich regularly achieves the fastest ambulance turnaround times in London. University Hospital Lewisham has the largest stroke rehabilitation centre in the country.

The Trust’s community services for children and adults in Lewisham are rated “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities.

Key details

Location

Site: Kaleidoscope

Address: 32 Rushey Green

Town: Catford

Postcode: SE6 4JF

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6

Specialty

Main area: CYP Physiotherapy

Job overview

Do you want to develop your physiotherapy career within paediatrics?

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, self-motivated member of staff to help provide a high-quality, comprehensive and proactive clinical physiotherapy service for children and young people (0 to 19 years of age) referred to our specialist children's physiotherapy service within the community setting.

The successful candidate will be motivated, organised, and committed to working within a team environment.

An extended DBS check and fulfilment of the physical requirement of the post are detailed in the person specification.

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The post holder will work within mainstream and special schools, provide early intervention, assess and treat school-age children, lead physiotherapy groups for children, deliver aquatic therapy, and supervise students on clinical placement.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. Engaged employees perform at their best, and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivating a culture of engagement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary:

1. Accountable to Manager for Children’s therapy and integration via the children’s physiotherapy team leads.

To provide a high standard of neurological and neurodevelopmental Physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and advice to children, young people, and carers in the community setting.

1. To contribute to service development including clinical governance and audit, junior staff supervision, and multidisciplinary and multiagency working.

Key Result Areas:

• To manage a caseload of children aged 0-19 providing a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, management, treatment, and advice.
• To supervise junior staff and students.
• To maintain accurate statistics as directed by the team leads.

Performance:

• To use well-developed assessment and clinical reasoning skills to establish an accurate diagnosis and formulate individual care/treatment plans.
• To be responsible for reassessing patient care as treatment progresses.
• To maintain accurate and up-to-date individual patient records.

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience as a Physiotherapist in children and young people’s services
• Experience in teaching other professionals and students

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of CPD

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• An understanding of child development, neurology, and paediatric orthopaedic conditions.

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Sarah Whiting

Job title: CYP Physiotherapy team lead/Clinical specialist

Email address: [email protected]

Telephone number: 0203 049 1452