Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist - Paediatrics

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust


Date: 1 week ago
City: Cambridge
Contract type: Part time
Do You

  • Have a strong clinical background in Physiotherapy for Children and Young people?
  • Have leadership skills and are keen to offer clinical support to more junior staff and contribute to service development?
  • Want to work flexibly within a supportive, friendly, and innovative community multi-disciplinary team?
  • Want to work within a team that has links with Addenbrookes Hospital; a renowned teaching hospital and research centre in Cambridge?

If you’re answers are 'Yes', we could be the employer for you!

We have a vacancy for a dynamic Band 7 Paediatric Physiotherapist to work within an enthusiastic and well-established community paediatric physiotherapy team. This post is in the South Team based at The Peacock Centre in Cambridge and working 2 days at the Princess Of Wales Hospital in Ely. We work in close collaboration with the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team and run joint clinics with the Community Paediatricians.

The successful applicant will have a caseload of children with various neurodevelopmental conditions, who will be seen in the community, clinic and special school settings.

This post is 1.0 wte (37.5 hours) permanent

The salary will be pro-rata

Flexible working hours are negotiable with the core working day being a Tuesday

To ensure a high standard, cost-effective physiotherapy service to children and young people (CYP) living, or at school (mainstream and specialist) in a specified geographical area

To work with other team members to co-ordinate and develop the physiotherapy service

To provide assessment and highly specialist intervention to children referred for PT including information to parents, carers and other professionals

Following assessment, to design and develop evidence-based treatment plans and management programmes

To maintain continuous professional development and inform the Clinical Lead and Team Leads of the impact of research, policy etc. on local policies/procedures

To provide clinical supervision as delegated by the Clinical Lead and Team Lead

To manage own caseload in a range of settings including providing training to staff in these settings as required

To advise and provide clinical support to other PT’s and Therapy Assistants

To supervise and allocate work to designated assistants, PT students, volunteers and less experienced PT’s

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nikki Hurst-Muggridge Job title: Physiotherapy Team Lead (South) Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07534 987018

Working Days - Tuesday to Friday

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