Physiotherapy Apprentice

Are you caring, compassionate, motivated and interested in developing your career within the health service?

Join us at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, train to become a qualified Physiotherapist and gain a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy whilst you work.

The Physiotherapist apprenticeship is a new and innovative route to ‘Learn while you Earn’ and combines 4 years of clinical employment, work based learning, and academic learning.

We are recruiting for a Physiotherapy Apprentice in East Sussex with the Children’s Therapies Team. During the apprenticeship you will develop skills and knowledge that will allow you to work in today’s dynamic and changing healthcare environment.

Whilst you will be based in one specific team, your placements will give you a variety of learning environments working across both internal and external clinical placements to gain an appreciation of the different areas of the local healthcare service.

Please ensure you have certificates for your qualifications to evidence you have met the essential qualifications listed in the person specification.

Our integrated children's therapy service team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, assistants and administrators support children aged 0-19.

We provide assessment, review, specialist advice, training and therapy interventions for children with the following areas of need: alternative and augmentative communication (AAC); pre-verbal communication; receptive and expressive language; speech.

We work in close partnership with schools, other education providers and the local authority services.

**The University of Brighton entry requirements are as follows**:

- Some form of *recent study at level 3 or above in for example: A levels: A high grade (A/B) in a Biological Science or Physical Education is considered to be an acceptable form of recent study. Open University: A grade 2 pass in Human Biology (SK277) is recognised as an acceptable form of recent study.

Successful completion of Associate Practitioner Course, Health and Social Care Foundation Degree, or other relevant level 3 courses
- Level 2 (GCSE or Functional Skills) in both Mathematics and English Language at grade C/ new grade 4 (or above)

One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values C ompassionate A spirational R esponsive E xcellent.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.

Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

Looking for professional development? We can support that too Our career pathways will help you achieve your aspirations

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

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