Paediatric Physiotherapy Associate Practitioner

3 weeks ago

Wembley, United Kingdom Central London Community Health Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you have an interest in working in children's services as a Paediatric Physiotherapy Assistant/ Associate Practitioner?

This post would suit someone who has an interest in working with children and supporting the physiotherapy team. We particularly welcome candidates with previous experience as a physiotherapy assistant/technician. This post does not require a physiotherapy qualification.

We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated Paediatric Physiotherapy Associate practitioner to join our friendly paediatric physiotherapy team delivering physiotherapy services to children with special educational needs in mainstream and special schools, nurseries and the community. The team is part of an integrated Paediatric Therapy Service and offers a multi-disciplinary, family centred rehabilitation service to children with a variety of complex needs.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver an effective and competent level of support to clinical and school staff to enable the delivery of physiotherapy to children and young people aged 4-19 years with complex health needs in a variety of community settings.

The work is varied and requires the applicant to have a flexible approach and to be able to promote good customer service and effective working relationships.

Support is available through;

Peer support from an experienced and friendly team Multi-professional team working Opportunities to develop specialist clinical skills A strong commitment to CPD and clinical effectiveness A comprehensive supervision and appraisal structure The opportunity to help create innovative service designs and support management in service development and the wider paediatric therapy service.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role Car lease scheme *T&C's apply Flexible working options Annual travel card loan Training, support and development in your career

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Recognised NVQ or equivalent Qualification Educated to at least: 5 GCSEs A-C, including English and Maths

Desirable

Short courses in development of physical skills/child related medical conditions

Experience

Essential

Significant experience as a physiotherapy assistant/practitioner Working with Children and young people with physical difficulties Working with parents and carers. Working within an education environment Writing notes Working with a physiotherapist Running groups Administration tasks

Desirable

Experience working with electronic patient records such as systmne/RIO/EMIS Experience working with databases/excel spread sheets

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