Job summaryWe are seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our Integrated Therapy team to provide a service to children in Greenwich between the ages of 0-19 in our School Years Team. You will need excellent standards of time management, team working and highly developed interpersonal skills.You will be working with children with a broad range of needs across schools in Greenwich, clinics, other education settings and homes as appropriate. In partnership with senior management you will be responsible for the supervision and clinical support for the wider team of Band 6 physiotherapists and Band 4 therapy technicians.You will demonstrate creative thinking and will work as part of the team. A range of Paediatric experience is required, with a specific focus in MSK. You will work closely with the other senior Physiotherapists and multi professional agencies across the borough to meet the needs of children and families as part of the Integrated Children's therapy service.This post has team lead responsibilities for physiotherapy in School Years and the orthotics service . This will include service / operational management, and reporting to the Band 8a Early Years Service Lead.You will be part of the integrated therapy services, working collaboratively with your SLT and OT colleagues.Main duties of the jobTo perform a Highly Specialist children's physiotherapist role in the community, to children with disabilities.To independently manage a defined caseload of complex cases with evidence of an excellent level of problem solving, reasoning skills and judgement.To write detailed reports and programmes reflecting extensive highly specialist knowledge for multiple purposes.To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.To provide highly specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of CYP with physical disabilities.To monitor, evaluate and modify intervention using evidence based practice and outcome measures, to ensure the effectiveness of case management.To provide education and training for parents, carers, within education and in the implementation of activity programmes.To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and assessment skills around the provision of specialist equipment to improve comfort, maintain function and enable participation.To liaise and negotiate with the wider MDT as appropriate, to facilitate effective case management.To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and to provide an assessment of a CYP's physical disability using recognised standard assessment tools and expert knowledge.To lead on departmental service innovations and initiatives, including audit/Quality improvement projects.About usOxleas 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 KindWe're FairWe ListenWe CareJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo perform a Highly Specialist childrens physiotherapist role in the community, to children with disabilities.To assess the functional needs of CYP in order to develop and implement Highly Specialist Childrens Physiotherapy treatment and intervention.To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own professional activities.To independently manage a defined caseload of complex cases with evidence of an excellent level of problem solving, reasoning skills and judgement.To write detailed reports and programmes reflecting extensive highly specialist knowledge for multiple purposes including physiotherapy management; medical reports; reports for child protection conferences; specialist time bound special educational needs reports and legal reports.To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.To provide highly specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of CYP with physical disabilities: development, posture, movement, participation and/or coordination difficulties.To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues.To ensure that patients and carers are involved in the planning and prioritisation of care.To monitor, evaluate and modify intervention using evidence based practice and outcome measures, to ensure the effectiveness of case management.To provide education and training for parents, carers, early years and education in the implementation of activity programmes.To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge and assessment skills around the provision of specialist equipment to improve comfort, maintain function and enable participation e.g. standing frames, walkers, special seating and orthoses.To provide highly specialist and expert advice to other team members with regard to specialist interventions such as equipment, orthoses etc.To negotiate with others around case management in complex cases.To act according to individual patient circumstance, cultural differences and diversity.To liaise and negotiate with others, for example, Health Consultants, social workers, teachers, Education staff, G.P.s, as appropriate to facilitate effective case management.To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and to provide an assessment of a CYPs physical disability: developmental, posture, movement, orthopaedic and/or coordination difficulties using recognised standard assessment tools and expert knowledge.To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.To demonstrate highly developed visual, auditory, tactile and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients/clients.To carry out highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory skills for assessment and manual treatment of patients.To lead on departmental service innovations and initiatives, including audit/Quality improvement projects, that further improve client care in the context of an ever evolving clinical and financial landscape.Person SpecificationTraining and QualificationsEssentialPhysiotherapy Degree or equivalentHCPC RegistrationExperienceEssentialRelevant experience at undergraduate/postgraduate level, 5 years minimum post registrationRelevant highly specialist experience in paediatrics, post qualification equivalent to 2 years band 6 gradeExperience working with school aged children and those with complex needsExperience working with children with developmental delayExperience working with common MSK complaints in childrenExperience of liaising with variety of agencies and disciplines.DesirableExperience of carrying out postural management assessmentsExperience working jointly with OT on seating assessment and prescriptionWorking knowledge of the CPIP programmeExperience of carrying out standardised assessments relevant to clinical practiceExperience of supporting families with a complex diagnosisKnowledge and ExperienceEssentialKnowledge of Physio process and knowledge of Physio assessments and interventions relevant to clinical areaAbility to work autonomously, set own priorities and manage time effectivelyAble to evidence some service / operational leadership experience.Ability to evidence knowledge of relevant clinical practice / reasoning, current to these specialist fieldsEvidence of carrying out service audit/evidence based research projectsDesirableEvidence of delivering evidence-based paediatric assessments and interventionsEvidence of attending relevant courses to the job descriptionEvidence of orthotics prescription and outcome assessmentOtherEssentialCommitment to client-centred non-discriminatory practiseInformation within the personal statement evidencing that the candidate fully understands the specifics of the advertised roleDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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 (Opens in a new tab).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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameOxleas NHS Foundation TrustAddressGoldie Leigh Children's Therapy CentreLodge HillAbbey WoodSE2 0AYEmployer's websitehttp://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)