NHS
Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
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Job Description
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- Graduate diploma or BSc Physiotherapy
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- HCPC registration
- Member of APCP
- Strong desire and passion to work within a Children's Physiotherapy Team and share your knowledge and skills within the team.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and tact
- Car driver and own car available
- Evidence of broad experience working in paediatrics including neurodevelopmental delay, complex needs and/or MSK
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Evidence of appraisal and supervision of junior members of staff and students
- Some experience of managing a Paediatric MSK caseload
- Evidence of involvement in service development
- Demonstrates specialist knowledge of paediatric assessment and treatment interventions in neurodevelopmental physiotherapy and/or MSK
- Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Able to work independently and able to manage own caseload
- Experience of hydrotherapy
- Knowledge of specialist postural management equipment and orthotics
- Graduate diploma or BSc Physiotherapy
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
- HCPC registration
- Member of APCP
- Strong desire and passion to work within a Children's Physiotherapy Team and share your knowledge and skills within the team.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and tact
- Car driver and own car available
- Evidence of broad experience working in paediatrics including neurodevelopmental delay, complex needs and/or MSK
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Evidence of appraisal and supervision of junior members of staff and students
- Some experience of managing a Paediatric MSK caseload
- Evidence of involvement in service development
- Demonstrates specialist knowledge of paediatric assessment and treatment interventions in neurodevelopmental physiotherapy and/or MSK
- Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Able to work independently and able to manage own caseload
- Experience of hydrotherapy
- Knowledge of specialist postural management equipment and orthotics
Job summary
Job summary
The Specialist Children's Division is a highly experienced and Professional multi-disciplinary provision delivering Therapeutic services for children with the London borough of Enfield.
The services currently comprise of: Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and language therapy, Dietetics, Complex Needs and Palliative Care Nursing and Specialist Family support. The service works closely with other disciplines within the Child Development Team and Primary Care Team (Health Visiting, School Nursing and Safe guarding services) to provide services across the borough.
The service also works closely with the Local Authority (in particular Joint service for children with Disabilities and Special Education Needs Department) including Schools in the provision of a joined up Health, Education and Social Care provision.
The Physiotherapy service is an established Musculoskeletal (0-14 years) and Neurodisability (0-19 years) service which provides specialised Physiotherapy assessment and intervention to children with varying needs in community settings, special schools, clinic and the CDC.
The band 7 physiotherapist will have a mixed caseload consisting of children of all ages.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist assessment for children aged 0-18, who may have complex presentation, to determine relevant clinical picture and specific treatment indicated, working as an autonomous practitioner
To provide specialist advise and work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team, including Paediatricians, Orthopaedic Consultants, GPs, SLT, OT, Nurses, Social care professionals, Educational professionals and other services.
To educate families and carers regarding their child's specific physiotherapy management including exercise programmes, targeted activities, positioning advice and physical activity recommendations.
To work closely with Wheelchair services, Orthotics department and other specialist equipment agencies, Voluntary agencies and other professional groups to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into patient care programmes.
To be responsible for the appropriate physiotherapy treatment of an identified group of children, with a wide variety of conditions, including children with severe physical and/or cognitive impairment, some of whom may have complex social and psychological needs
To formulate individualised physiotherapy management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills and utilizing a wide range of specialist treatment approaches.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Date posted
04 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£51,883 to £58,544 a year Per Annum (pro rata) Inclusive of HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
391-NMUH-7079313
Job locations
Cedar House
St Michael's Site ,Gater Drive
Enfield
EN2 0JB
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
To use highly specialized handling skills and manual physiotherapeutic techniques during assessment and treatment of children, some with complex disabilities and movement disorders.
To make complex decisions and appropriate judgments as a frontline practitioner to interpret situations that may require child protection action.
To work to locally and nationally agreed standards set by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists.
To be aware of and follow NICE guidance relevant to conditions of childhood.
To assess children for a variety of highly specialist equipment and recommend its purchase by health and education. To be responsible for its safe set up, adjustment and competent use of all physiotherapy equipment by parents, carers and educational staff.
To demonstrate a sound understanding of risk management and to undertake risk assessments involved in the manual handling of the children during physiotherapy management.
Job responsibilities
To use highly specialized handling skills and manual physiotherapeutic techniques during assessment and treatment of children, some with complex disabilities and movement disorders.
To make complex decisions and appropriate judgments as a frontline practitioner to interpret situations that may require child protection action.
To work to locally and nationally agreed standards set by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists.
To be aware of and follow NICE guidance relevant to conditions of childhood.
To assess children for a variety of highly specialist equipment and recommend its purchase by health and education. To be responsible for its safe set up, adjustment and competent use of all physiotherapy equipment by parents, carers and educational staff.
To demonstrate a sound understanding of risk management and to undertake risk assessments involved in the manual handling of the children during physiotherapy management.
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Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cedar House
St Michael's Site ,Gater Drive
Enfield
EN2 0JB
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cedar House
St Michael's Site ,Gater Drive
Enfield
EN2 0JB
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.