Highly Specialist Children’s Physiotherapist- Band 7

Are you a specialist Children's Physiotherapist (PT) looking for a new challenge or a PT who wants to further develop your experience in Children’s Physiotherapy? Do you want to be part of an innovative and agile Children and Young People’s Therapy service committed to delivering high quality care?

We are pleased to be offering an opportunity for a part time Band 7 Children's Physiotherapist to join our well-established children and young people's Physiotherapy team in Hertfordshire.

You will be part of the East team, based at Bull Plain Clinic, Hertford.

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust provides integrated Children's Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech & Language Therapy Services for families across the county. Our integrated service is jointly commissioned by health and education, allowing us to provide a seamless pathway of care from early years through to schools and specialist provisions.

The successful applicant will be expected to hold a varied and complex caseload for young people aged 0-19 years, providing interventions in a variety of settings such as homes, schools, including special schools, and clinics. Candidates should have post graduate experience/training in Paediatrics. However support, mentoring and training will be provided to meet the individual needs of practitioners in areas where further up skilling and development is required.

The successful candidate must be computer literate and able to demonstrate good working knowledge of a variety of essential computer systems and programmes.

HCT is strongly committed to continuing professional development and the delivery of evidence based practice which is supported through access to regular in-service and external training, clinical supervision, peer support meetings and our staff appraisal scheme.

We Can Offer

• Regular group supervision, managerial supervision and a well-established appraisal system
• CPD opportunities, including in service masterclasses
• Opportunities to develop leadership skills and to supervise less experienced members of staff
• Opportunities to work alongside other therapists/assistants to deliver intervention to children/young people requiring specialist support
• An initial induction period where you will have the opportunity to observe and shadow your team.
  
  

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff

We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join to HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Julie Baker Job title: Clinical Quality Lead for Children's Physiotherapy Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07740364181

Lyn Humphrey

Operational Manager CYP Therapies, East & North

[email protected]

07827 883686