Children's Community Physiotherapist

This fixed term post offers a wonderful opportunity for an experienced Physiotherapist to join an existing and well‑established multidisciplinary team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians and support staff delivering services to children and young people in their community.

Do you have effective communication skills, a flexible approach, and the ability to work both as part of a team and independently? Can you demonstrate an enthusiastic approach to learning and service delivery? Have you experience of working with children?

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• You will deliver assessment and evidence‑based treatments for babies, children and young people with neurological and neuromuscular conditions that result in movement impairment and/or global developmental delay and physical and/or learning disabilities, and you will have the opportunity to work in one of our Special Schools.
  
• You will work in conjunction with colleagues in the health community, Education Authority, Social Care and other partnership agencies to deliver seamless coordinated care to patients and their families and disseminate knowledge to improve understanding of movement disorders.
  
• You will contribute to differential diagnoses for children on your caseload.
  
• You will assess for and deliver evidence‑based, holistic care for infants, children and young adults with movement disorders of neuro‑muscular aetiologies, including those with complex physical disabilities and challenging behaviour.
  
• You will assess and instruct children, their families and carers in the use of special equipment and orthoses, jointly agreeing outcome measures to establish efficacy and setting therapeutic goals in collaboration with the child, parents and carers.
  
• Under the guidance of senior colleagues, and through regular performance reviews, you will demonstrate competency to practice as an autonomous practitioner within the Children’s Community Therapy Service protocols and guidelines.
  
• You will demonstrate effective caseload management by participating in regular caseload reviews.
  
• You will prepare Education and Health Care Plan submissions, and statements for medico‑legal and safeguarding purposes, working with multi‑agencies to contribute to holistic care.
  
• You will delegate to and supervise junior staff and students, and participate in service development and continuous service improvement.
  
• You may be offered additional hours if needed.
  

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, serving a population of around 500,000 people and employing approximately 6,700 staff. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, the University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.