Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

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An exciting opportunity for a Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join the Physiotherapy team (secondment role) within our Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapy Service.

The post provides specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention to children aged 0 - 25 years, within the Royal borough of Greenwich, and will be a resource for their families and carers across all settings. Greenwich offers an exciting all round employment experience for both personal and professional development.

The post encompasses a wide range of assessment and intervention experiences across the diverse range of physiotherapy needs within a community setting. You will have the opportunity to deliver a service from our central clinic base; community based settings (e.g. Children's Centres); nurseries; schools and patients homes. The service offers wrap around care to CYP and as part of a wider Children's Integrated team you will also be working collaboratively with our team of Occupational therapists and Speech and Language therapists.

You will be supported by an experienced and well established leadership structure of Band 7 therapists in each unique area and will access a bespoke programme of training and support. You will be part of our programme of 'Team Days' as both a participant and as a contributor.

You will be working within a forward thinking, dynamic and innovative team to:

• Deliver a specialist children's physiotherapist service in the community to children with disabilities.
• Assess the functional needs of children and young people (CYP) in order to develop and implement Specialist Children's Physiotherapy treatment and intervention.
• Independently manage a defined caseload of complex cases with evidence of a high level of problem solving, reasoning skills and judgement.
• Provide advice and education to others regarding the management and care of children with physical disabilities: development, posture, movement and/or coordination difficulties.
• Complete standardised outcome measures and assessments including GMFM and CPIPS

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

Please See Attached Job Description

Overview of the Post

To provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention to children aged 0 25 years, within the borough of Greenwich, and act as a resource for their families and carers across all settings.

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

To assist in 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 Childrens Physiotherapy.

• To demonstrate an understanding of standardised outcome measures including use of CPIPS, GMFM and postural management assessments in clinical practise

• HPCP registered

• Bsc or Msc in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Attendance on Post-graduate Paediatric specific training courses

• Evidence of post grad work experience in specialist field of Paediatrics

• Evidence of training courses relevant to current Paediatric Physiotherapy practice

• Evidence of understanding of working practices within the NHS
• Previous work experience within the NHS

• Evidence of working within a team

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