Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Physiotherapist (Community)
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 824-SOUTH-9930
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birches Polyclinic
- Town
- Mitcham
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 p.a inc. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Physiotherapist - Community
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Have you completed your Band 5 core rotations including Paediatrics? Are you interested in specializing in Paediatrics? We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated Physiotherapist, with a high level of Band 5 skills, to join our new Community Health Service in Merton Borough.
We provide community services across Merton and are recruiting to a range of roles in these new services and are looking for the best community clinicians to join our expanding teams. As London’s largest NHS Trust dedicated to community healthcare we offer leadership, learning and career opportunities for community healthcare professional that few can match.
Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Main duties of the job
Your role will involve working with children from birth to 19 years, with a range of neurological, neurodevelopmental, and coordination disorders. The service is delivered in a variety of settings, including community clinics, in patient homes and schools.
You will work closely with established multi-professional teams within Merton Community services and with outside services to deliver physiotherapy advice and treatment meeting the needs of children and young people. You will have had experience of working with children in the community setting or similar and your communication and team working skills will be excellent.
The successful candidate will manage a caseload of children to provide assessment, treatment planning and delivery and reviews.
We are committed to professional development and evidence-based practice, offering regular in-service training and peer group / one to one supervision. Internal and external courses are supported.
You will be required to have at substantial experience working as a practitioner with appropriate transferable skills working with children, engagement in post graduate training and education in areas related to working with neuro developmental conditions is desirable. You should have experience of engaging in appraisal processes and be willing to further develop clinical skills
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of the post-holder’s own work and to be
responsible for informing their senior of any areas in which they lack experience or knowledge. - To assess, treat and manage a caseload of patients appropriate to the clinical area in a range of settings
- To provide written advice for inclusion in the statutory process for Education Health and Care Plans
(EHCP) in line with the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
- HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
- Member of professional body; e.g. CSP
- Membership of Specialist interest group eg APCP
- Attendance at workshops/seminars in paediatric Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive Post-graduate physiotherapist experience covering core rotations including Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Respiratory and Neurology
- Experience of working with people with a wide range of permanent disabilities and short-term illness
- Experience in working with clients with neurological/musculoskeletal impairment
- Experience working with tertiary or voluntary community-based services
- Experience working with clients from diverse cultures.
- Understanding of cultural differences and their impact service provision.
- Experience of working with children within a physiotherapy setting
- Ability to supervise junior staff/ assistant/ students
- Ability to delegate tasks
Desirable criteria
- Completion of core rotations including respiratory/ orthopaedic/ neuro/ MSK
- Experience of working in health/social care in the community.
- Experience with the NHS patient information database (e.g. EMIS/SystmOne).
- Experience of working in special and mainstream schools
- Experience of psychosocial aspects of working with families of children with disabilities
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound knowledge of the developmental stages of children and young people
- Ability to assess and use clinical and ethical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret assessment findings, plan and evaluate intervention programmes
- Good knowledge of legislation relating to child health.
- Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with parents, carers and professionals
- Ability to teach Parents, children and other professionals relevant physiotherapy programmes
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team and with a range of professionals and statutory bodies
- Effective written and spoken communication skills with competency in IT skills for reports, advice/activity suggestions and record keeping
- Ability to manage own caseload and prioritize work within a variable and changing daily pattern
- Ability to manage own time and work within set deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands
- Calm and consistent approach to stressful situations
- Candidates should have emotional integrity and demonstrate ability to cope with difficult/highly emotive situations
- Ability to problem-solve, organise, prioritise and demonstrate sound judgement
- Participate and contribute in In-service training and training of other professionals needs
- Ability to work independently across a variety of community settings including patient’s homes, schools and nursery environments
- Ability to demonstrate on-going CPD and the use of evidence based practice
- Awareness of current issues in the NHS
- Realistic about ability and able to seek help appropriately
- Good understanding of family-centred practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching/ presentation skills appropriate for teaching professionals and peers in an in-service training setting
- Good patient/ carer assessment skills
- Knowledge of multi-agency services available and processes for referral
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Filby
- Job title
- Highly Specialised Paediatric Physiotherapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920296293
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