Paediatric Physiotherapist

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

We are looking for a Physiotherapist, enthusiastic to work with children and young people with a wide range of developmental and neurological needs.

We are a dynamic therapies team based in East Kent, who recognise the importance of integrated working with Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and a Care Co-ordination team, to meet the needs of the child/young person. We offer a hybrid approach to work offering different evidence-based approaches e.g. clinic/home/school/ early years settings/ virtual; community participation.

We are part of Kent’s Children’s Therapies and pride ourselves on the support and induction for staff, including regular meetings with line manager, clinical supervision, clinical leadership from our Clinical Specialists and Children’s Leads and regular opportunities for inhouse and accredited external training which cover a wide range of topics.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate intervention for neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions.
• Support parent/carers/other professionals to maximise potential.
• Work as part of a Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) and in partnership with health, education and social services colleagues.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with wider MDT, for example, wheelchair and equipment services.
• Support mainstream schools, early years settings and local special schools.
• Develop integrated care plans in partnership with the child, young person and / or family recommending and supporting interventions that are appropriate at a universal, targeted and specialist level.
• Participate in clinical supervision and to work as part of an integrated team with Therapy Assistants, OTs, PTs, SLTs, Care Co-ordinators and Specialist Nurse Advisors offering support to colleagues as appropriate to knowledge and skills.