Job summary
Clinical Lead/Senior Children's Physiotherapist - 22.5 hours/week (Monday-Friday)
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) has an exciting opportunity for a motivated physiotherapist with strong communication and organisational skills to join the Paediatric Physiotherapy team at Worthing Child Development Centre, Worthing Hospital.
We seek a candidate to start mid-July for a one-year career break cover, working three days a week. However, flexibility is available for the right applicant. We welcome applications from experienced Band 6 or Band 7 physiotherapists interested in joining our supportive team. Please indicate your preferred band and working hours in your application.
The Paediatric Physiotherapy service provides expert assessment, treatment and advice to children and young people between 0 and 19 years of age with neuro-developmental and musculoskeletal conditions and neuro-disability. The post-holder will also be required to demonstrate strong leadership skills to facilitate service development and operational support across the physiotherapy team. The service works closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, families, carers, other healthcare professionals, and educational staff, including school and early years settings staff.
We offer regular in-service training, peer supervision and clinical support. There are dedicated paediatric special interest groups and the Paediatric Physiotherapy service is supported by a Countywide Professional Lead.
Main duties of the job
A job plan will be created by your line manager in line with the service blueprint and discussed with you. It will be reviewed annually at your PDR and updated as required. The main tasks you will spend your time doing are:
1. To provide specialist clinical assessment and intervention for a mixed caseload of children, including management of postural and orthopaedic conditions.
2. To support and supervise more junior members of staff with caseload management, clinical skills and prioritisation.
3. To support undergraduate physiotherapy therapy student placements within the relevant areas of work and support other staff supervising the students.
4. To provide performance information to service managers to support the delivery of KPIs, management of demand and capacity and to inform future workforce, skill mix requirements and service development.
5. To report and manage incidents and complaints to reduce risk. To share learning from incidents and risk with the team and wider organisation as appropriate.
6. To organise and deliver in-service training to clinical staff and to the wider MDT as appropriate.
7. To be responsible for ensuring effective induction for all staff within the area of responsibility and relevant students.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
* Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
* Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
* Excellent training and development opportunities
* Research opportunities
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
* Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
* Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
* Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
* Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
* Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for staff
Date posted: 27 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £37,338 to £52,809 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 150-MM1611-PC
Job locations: Worthing Child Development Centre, Worthing Hospital, Worthing, BN11 2DH
Job description Job responsibilities
The Paediatric Physiotherapy team are committed to SCFT's core values: Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence and Compassionate Care.
If you possess the above qualities and are seeking to further your career in Paediatric Physiotherapy, we will be delighted to hear from you.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
* Significant postgraduate experience
* Significant experience providing clinical leadership to a team
* Significant experience of working in the specialist clinical setting
* Significant experience of supervision provision
* Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and high-level understanding of team dynamics.
* Experience of delivering quality improvement, innovation and productivity
* Evidence of active participation in audit and clinically relevant research
Desirable
* Significant experience working in a Paediatric community setting
Skills Essential
* Demonstrable expertise within clinical area underpinned by theory and significant experience
* Use of advanced reasoning and assessment skills demonstrated in knowledge and experience shown in a wide range of approaches to treatments, management of conditions and situations
* Demonstrates excellent leadership and ability to empower others in practice
* Demonstrates working knowledge of relevant legislation such as Manual Handling, Health and Safety.
* IT skills, with the ability to use a number of databases, excel, word and internet
* Excellent written communication skills with the ability to record actions and decisions accurately
* Demonstrates excellence in communication skills with an ability to negotiate and manage conflict
* Ability to travel cost-effectively for work.
Qualifications Essential
* Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy.
* Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality
* Post Registration qualification or training to masters level or equivalent and experience
* Evidence of leadership education / development or a willingness to undertake this
Desirable
* Registered with CSP
* Other relevant post graduate qualifications.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Worthing Child Development Centre, Worthing Hospital, Worthing, BN11 2DH
Employer's website: https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/
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