Job summary
Do you:
* 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.
About us
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.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
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. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Date posted: 20 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro-rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 448-CCYP-7069249
Job locations
The Oak Tree Centre
1 Oak Drive
Huntingdon
PE29 7HN
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
* 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
* Student Supervision/Clinical Educators Course attendance
Desirable
* Peadiatric neurodevelopmental training
* Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Membership of the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists or other relevant special interest groups
* Masters or other Post Graduate Qualification
* Line management training
* Experience of undertaking appraisal and planning CPD for less experienced staff
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working with different professional disciplines and agencies
* Working knowledge of electronic patient record system
* Experience and commitment to involve patients and service users in the design and development of service provision
* Evidence of delivering training
* High level clinical skills working with complex neurodisability children including assessment, outcome measures, treatment and provision of equipment
* Experience of supervising, supporting with competencies and training less experienced staff
* Experience of advising/providing second opinions
* Experience of developing case management skills in less experienced staff
* Experience of undertaking appraisal and planning CPD for less experienced staff
* Experience of developing and delivering core and specialist training
* Demonstrate ability to be a good team member
Desirable
* Experience in contributing to CQC/ SEND inspections
* Experience of working with children in the community setting including special schools, other educational settings, home and clinic
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
* Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
* Able to present information, written and orally, in a clear and logical manner
* Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate
* Understanding of clinical governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
* Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet the differing needs of the patients
* Ability to keep accurate, concise and legible patient notes
* Ability to cope working in a stressful environment
* Demonstrates advanced communication skills in a variety of contexts
* Ability to think innovatively to support service development
* Knowledge of NHS, Education and social care policy and directives where these impact on service delivery
* Understanding service development, co-production and embedding into the whole team's practice
Desirable
* Evidence of participation in research/audit
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Address:
The Oak Tree Centre
1 Oak Drive
Huntingdon
PE29 7HN
Employer's website: https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/careers
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