Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you a physiotherapist looking to develop your skills within the Paediatric setting and lead the team working in Special Schools and Units? The Hounslow Paediatric Physiotherapy team is seeking an experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists in order to help support staff working in Special Schools and Units, to ensure the continuation of service development, creation and implementation of clinical care pathways and to support the development of more Junior Physiotherapists within the team. The children’s physiotherapy service is an integral part of the Children’s Physiotherapy Team which, in turn, is part of the Children’s Therapy Service, which includes Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy. Our team provides a comprehensive service profile to a varied and diverse population within the community, including schools and clinics. Our team specialises in the treatment and management of children who have neurodevelopmental, neuromuscular and childhood musculoskeletal conditions. Our aim is to enable these children to reach their full potential for movement and participation. The Children’s Physiotherapy team as a whole provides a specialist service for children and adolescents in the London Borough of Hounslow.

Main duties of the job

The caseload consists of children with a range of complex physical and developmental disabilities, challenging behaviours, severe learning disabilities and musculo-skeletal conditions This role focuses on Special Schools and Units however, you will have the opportunity to work in other streams,  in line with service needs and priorities.  We adopt a number of specialist clinical approaches in order to support our clients including Bobath, Posture Management pathways and the assessment and provision of specialist orthotics, as well as using a number of well recognised assessment tools including: Movement ABC, BOT 2, Peabody, GMFCS, GMFM, Mymop, Chailey, The Oxford Assessment of Disability. You will ensure development of junior therapists and the implementation best practice standards, providing leadership, guidance and oversight to the “streams of care” provided by our team. This includes: Under 5’s Neurodevelopmental, Over 5’s Neurodevelopmental, Special Schools and Musculoskeletal including early year’s issues such as talipes, Erbs palsies and torticollis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.