Highly specialist community paediatric physiotherapist

Job overview

Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist 1.61wte permanent post

A wonderful opportunity has arisen to join the well-established, highly professional, warm, and welcoming children’s physiotherapy team at Enfield.  We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist, with established specialist skills and a passion for working with children and their families in a thriving MDT environment. Part-time working will be welcomed. Band 6 development to band 7 progression pathway for candidates with sufficient paediatric experience will be considered and discussed with the candidate.

You will join a long established, supportive, forward-thinking team of highly experienced Physiotherapists working in Enfield Community Services.  This is a community role based at St Michael’s Primary Care Centre, delivering physiotherapy services in a range of settings including, schools, homes, and clinics.  We support children aged 0 - 19 years old.

Applicants with skills in Paediatric Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy would be desirable.

“This has been the best team I have worked for. Not only is there a wealth of experience (which everyone is more than happy to share and learn from one another), but everyone is so approachable, helpful and it’s great to be part of a team who are friends both in and out of the workplace.” – previous team member

For further information, please the operational lead Jasweer Kaur Singh on

Tel  number: 07929 383792

Email: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Children’s Division is a highly experienced and Professional multi-disciplinary provision delivering Therapeutic services for children with the London borough of Enfield.

The services currently comprise of:  Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and language therapy, Dietetics, Complex Needs and Palliative Care Nursing and Specialist Family support.  The service works closely with other disciplines within the Child Development Team and Primary Care Team (Health Visiting, School Nursing and Safeguarding services) to provide services across the borough.

The service also works closely with the Local Authority (Joint service for children with Disabilities and Special Education Needs Department) including Schools in the provision of a joined up Health, Education and Social Care provision.

The Physiotherapy service is an established Musculoskeletal (0-14 years) and Neurodisability (0-19 years) service which provides specialised Physiotherapy assessment and intervention to children with varying needs in community settings, special schools, clinic and the CDC.

The band 7 physiotherapist will have a mixed caseload consisting of children of all ages.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide specialist assessment for children aged 0-18, who may have complex presentation, to determine relevant clinical picture and specific treatment indicated, working as an autonomous practitioner

To provide specialist advice and work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team, including Paediatricians, Orthopaedic Consultants, GPs, SLT, OT, Nurses, Social care professionals, educational professionals and other services.

To educate families and carers regarding their child’s specific physiotherapy management including exercise programmes, targeted activities, positioning advice and physical activity recommendations.

To work closely with Wheelchair services, Orthotics department and other specialist equipment agencies, Voluntary agencies and other professional groups to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into patient care programmes.

To be responsible for the appropriate physiotherapy treatment of an identified group of children, with a wide variety of conditions, including children with severe physical and/or cognitive impairment, some of whom may have complex social and psychological needs

To formulate individualised physiotherapy management and treatment plans using clinical reasoning skills and utilizing a wide range of specialist treatment approaches.

To be skilled in both verbal and non-verbal communication with children of all ages with varying levels of cognition, and who have a range of physical and psychological barriers to understanding.

To be skilled in communicating with parents and carers, from all cultural and social backgrounds, who may be distressed as a result of initial diagnosis.  To act as a frontline source of highly complex information regarding diagnosis and the ongoing management of a child with tact and empathy.

To analyse and interpret the impact on the patient and their physiotherapy treatment of diagnoses/treatment plans from other disciplines.  This will involve the understanding and interpretation of complex medical and educational reports and assessments.

To use highly specialized handling skills and manual physiotherapeutic techniques during assessment and treatment of children, some with complex disabilities and movement disorders.