Contract 12 months (Fixed term contract end date 30 Jan 2026)
Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (May include afterschool groups to 6:30pm some evenings and possible Saturday am work until 12)
Job ref 293-CCS-0645
Site Hackney Ark
Town London
Salary period Yearly
Closing 13/01/2025 23:59
Advert
Job overview
Children’s Community Physiotherapist
Band 5
This is a specialist community role within a dynamic and forward-thinking team in the diverse boroughs of the City of London and Hackney.
We seek a motivated clinician with core physiotherapy skills to join our team in this newly created role. You will clinically support the community team primarily across MSK caseloads but will include neuro disability. You will carry your own caseload and run and facilitate a number of groups. Sessions will take place in the Hackney Ark, Schools, Community sites, GP surgeries, Gyms and children’s centers.
Main duties of the job
This role will be key in advancing place-based care and linking in the City and Hackney neighbourhood plans, ensuring supervision, appraisal and development.
Service areas include: Musculoskeletal sessions and groups, transition, early years, targeted community intervention groups, gait assessment and orthotic provision, community respiratory input and aqua therapy.
Working for our organisation
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
* Health and Care Professions Council Registered
* Member of APCP
Skills/ Abilities
* Able to carry out culturally sensitive assessments using a range of appropriate assessment tools and models of practice.
* Able to formulate treatment goals/rehabilitation programmes for clients.
* Able to manage caseload and prioritise under pressure.
* Effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Clear, concise reporting skills.
* Able to work within a MDT.
* Basic IT skills.
* Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
* Demonstrates ability to be a good team member.
* Good IT skills including ability to use Microsoft Office and a variety of virtual videoconferencing platforms.
Experience
* Undergraduate or post graduate experience of working in a variety of healthcare settings.
* Experience of continuing professional development.
* Experience of working with children in an NHS setting.
* Other relevant experience (e.g., personal experience of children, previous experience of working).
Knowledge
* Knowledge of models of Physiotherapy practice and practical application.
* Knowledge of the physiotherapy assessments and intervention its application in clinical practice in community paediatrics.
* Knowledge on normal child development.
* Understanding of the NHS and education systems.
* Basic knowledge of typical child development.
* Understanding of equal opportunity and confidentiality issues.
* Awareness of clinical audit and evidence based practice.
* Knowledge or understanding of cerebral palsy.
* Knowledge of exercise adaptation in neuro-disability.
Other
* Awareness of Equal Opportunities.
* Be flexible to work in various locations within the borough.
* Demonstrate an interest in self development as a therapist.
General Guidance for Applicants
Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.
Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.
If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.
Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Yvonne Cheung
Job title Clinical Lead for Children’s Physiotherapy
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