Children's Physiotherapist - Special Schools and Early Years

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Children’s Physiotherapist to deliver specialist physiotherapy to children aged 0-19 within the Greenwich area. Responsibilities include managing a complex caseload, supporting junior staff, and working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will possess a physiotherapy degree, HCPC registration, and significant experience in paediatric physiotherapy. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to make a direct impact on children's lives in the community.

Qualifications

• 5 years of post-graduate experience, including 2 years as Band 6.
• Evidence of knowledge of early years and special schools cohorts.
• Demonstrates appropriate knowledge of standardised outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage complex early years and special schools caseload.
• Provide specialist physiotherapy intervention to children aged 0-19.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams to coordinate services.

Skills

Complex neurodisability management

Supervision of junior staff

Communication skills

Education

Physiotherapy degree

HCPC registered

Commitment to CPD

Tools

CPIPs assessments

Standardised outcome measures

Job description

Children's Physiotherapist - Special Schools and Early Years

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

To provide highly specialist physiotherapy intervention to Children and young people (CYP) 0-19 within the borough of Greenwich, and act as a resource for their families and carers across all settings.

This specialist role will be to support CYP with complex needs who attend Specialist RBG School Settings (Primary and Secondary provision).

The post holder will also provide assessment and intervention to support children within the early year's team. This will include assessment and advice via the monthly 'Drop in' clinics; follow up of children that require on-going physiotherapy care and support to multi-disciplinary discharges in to the community.

This post has team lead responsibilities for physiotherapy in Early Years. This will include service / operational management, and reporting to the Band 8a Early Years Service Lead.

To liaise closely with other services and agencies to provide a smooth coordinated service based on best practice.

To assist with service development and provide information on issues pertaining to specialist area on a regular basis.

To provide training and advice for families and carers across all settings on issues pertaining to Children's Physiotherapy.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible to facilitate routine and urgent new patient clinics and appointments.

Autonomously manage a complex early years and special schools caseload simultaneously.

To be able to identify clinical need for specialist onward referrals (ie orthopaedics, neurology, spinal team).

To carry out postural management assessments and CPIPS assessments.

To effectively carry out standardised outcome measures (ie general movements, HINE) and integrate these into comprehensive care plans.

Fully support junior members of staff which is inclusive of supervision and teaching.

Liaise with wider MDT and tertiary centres.

Integrate within the special school wider MDT and staff to support CYP.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

Independently manage complex early years and special schools caseload.

See job description for more details.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

• Physiotherapy degree
• HCPC registered
• Commitment to CPD/appropriate courses
• APCP member
• General Movements trained

Experience

• 5 Years of post graduate experience, including 2 years Band 6 experience
• Experience supervising junior members of staff
• Demonstrates vast experience working and managing with complex neurodisability caseload within paeds physiotherapy
• Previous band 7 experience

Knowledge

• Evidence of specialist knowledge of early years cohort
• Evidence of specialist knowledge of special schools cohort
• Demonstrates knowledge of CPIPS
• Demonstrates approrpaite knowledge of standardised outcomes relevant to caseload (ie HINE, GM, GMFM, Bayleys)

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.