B6 Paediatric Physiotherapist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) are seeking to appoint a dynamic and motivated individual with excellent communication and organisational skills to join the Paediatric Physiotherapy team based at Crawley Child Development Centre. The successful candidate will also be expected to travel to Hilltop Child Development Centre in Horsham to provide Physiotherapy intervention, on a regular basis. The caseload will primarily consist of children with a range of paediatric neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions from 0-19 years. But you will also be expected to hold a small caseload of children with Musculo-skeletal conditions from 0-16.

The post holder should ideally have experience in the assessment and treatment of children and young people with neurodevelopmental, orthopaedic and neurological conditions, as well as some basic knowledge of musculo-skeletal conditions..

The post is weekday working and with no requirement to work weekends. We are a friendly and supportive team who encourage service development/ improvement plans as well as ensuring you have protected time for continuing professional development.

The Paediatric Physiotherapy service aim to provide expert assessment, treatment and advice to children and young people between 0 and 19 years of age. We work to educate and support families, carers and other healthcare professionals including school and early years settings staff. Support will also be given, when necessary, to enable the seamless transition of young people into adult services.

You will be an effective team player who is flexible, enthusiastic and focused on the delivery of excellent quality patient care to the young people in the locality and its surrounding area. You will be required to support students, assistants and technical instructors as part of your role. Motivation to assist and support service development is essential. Excellent time management skills are required in order to manage this busy and fast-paced caseload. Service delivery is primarily based at Worthing Child Development Centre, but there will also be a need to deliver care in patients' homes, schools and the wider community. You will need to be a car owner and driver, with full UK license. You will need to have current HCPC registration.

We offer regular in-service training, peer supervision and clinical support. There are dedicated paediatric special interest groups and the Paediatric Physiotherapy service is supported by a Countywide Professional Lead.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

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• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
  
• Flexible working options: part‑time, flexi‑time, annualised hours, and flexi‑retirement
  
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
  
• Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono
  
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Some of the Key responsibilities include:

To represent the team and patients at multi‑disciplinary team meetings and case conferences in order to ensure the delivery of a co‑ordinated multi‑disciplinary service and to integrate therapy intervention into the treatment programme. This will include discussion of patient care, patient progress and involvement in discharge planning and support seamless transition into adult services when required.

To give advice and training on intervention programmes, including advice to carers, other professionals and agencies.

To raise any clinical concerns about patients with line manager/specialist physiotherapists in a timely manner and be willing to seek support from senior staff

To formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and highly specialised knowledge of intervention techniques

To support the Team Leader, Clinical Lead and other Highly Specialist / Specialist therapists as required.

To work with the patients, carers and colleagues to identify goals as part of intervention

To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager, including participation in working groups, policy development groups.

To contribute to the development and delivery of training to other multidisciplinary team members

For further information please see the attached JD and PS

If you possess the above qualities and are seeking to further your career in Paediatric Physiotherapy, we will be delighted to hear from you.

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• Broad range of musculo‑skeletal and neuro‑developmental experience
  

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• Ability to apply a range of assessment and treatment approaches for children with neurological conditions
  
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise own workload
  
• Ability to apply a range of assessments and interventions for children with musculo‑skeletal conditions
  
• varied experience in a range of other clinical areas
  

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• Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy
  
• Registered with HCPC
  
• Registered with CSP
  
• Other post graduate qualifications relevant to clinical area
  

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• Range of skills and experience
  
• Range of skills and experience working with children
  

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.

Crawley Child Development Centre, Crawley Hospital