Description
East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join their Specialist Children and Young People Services (SCYPs) team in Stratford, East London.
The successful candidate will work with a diverse caseload in a variety of settings, supporting the delivery of high-quality specialist physiotherapy services. They will take a lead role in the planning, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of care, acting as an expert clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing high-quality and evidence-based physiotherapy to under 18-year-olds with common and complex developmental and long-term conditions
- Providing clinical and managerial leadership to the physiotherapy and multi-disciplinary teams
- Undertaking and supporting the team to complete relevant audit, service evaluation, QI, and research activity to inform development of practice and services
- Participating in and delivering local IST and education/training to the wider MDT
The team provides a full range of community services for children and young people in East London, working closely with a network of other agencies, including health visiting, school nursing, and other support services for families of children with long-term conditions.
The salary for this permanent, full-time position is £55,524 to £62,652 per year, with Outer London weighting.
Requirements:
- Graduate Diploma or BSC Physiotherapy or equivalent qualification recognized by HCPC
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD
- Demonstrate high degree of expertise and competency in a wide range of skills which involves assessment and treatment underpinned by sound theoretical knowledge
- Ability to work as an autonomous clinician, managing own caseload, including complex patients, and time, using clinical reasoning and analytical skill to perform appropriate assessment, identify problems, and treatment plan
- To have the analytical ability to be able to review treatment/services, with evidence of taking part in audit
- Demonstrate awareness of the role of others in providing care and ability to work as an effective team member
- Experience of assessing for specialist equipment
- Ability to identify learning needs and develop the skill of more junior staff and students in specialty