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Posted:
29.06.2025
Expiry Date:
13.08.2025
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Job Description:
Job overview
The post holder will provide a specialist physiotherapy service for children and young people with severe and complex learning difficulties in Perseid special schools, in accordance with the service level agreement for Sutton Health and Care Alliance.
They will contribute to the development of the special schools physiotherapy service for children. They will plan and provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, advice and treatment to a defined caseload of children with severe and complex needs. They will work in partnership with the children, their families and with other professions and agencies, including school staff and the wider health team, to reduce the impact of these difficulties on children’s social and emotional development, their learning and their ability to participate in daily life.
They will work autonomously and without direct supervision, and be accountable for their own clinical actions.
Main duties of the job
The Staffbank Benefits include:
* Weekly PayFree Compliance ChecksAccess to Mandatory TrainingFlexible WorkingFirst refusal over agencyAccess to an NHS email giving you further access to NHS Discounts such as the Blue Light Card & Health Service DiscountsAccess to NHS Pension
Working for our organisation
To provide a specialist level of clinical skill in paediatric physiotherapy
To be responsible for a clinical caseload of children and young people within the school as identified by the service specification, managing the defined caseload independently and prioritising own workload to ensure effective service provision
To use clinical assessments, interview and observational skills to determine physiotherapy needs of children and young people and effectively set goals and plan intervention.
To communicate complex assessment findings and treatment plans with clients, family, school staff and the wider community staff, dealing sensitively with distressing or emotional circumstances and being realistic about clients’ and families’ expectations.
To assess and treat individual children with complex needs in school or their homes, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and liaising closely with education staff and parents/ carers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Management Responsibility/Professional Leadership
To assist the Team Leader in planning and providing the commissioned physiotherapy input to children attending Perseid schools, including attendance at appropriate meetings, developing guidelines and protocols and reviewing service provision.
To keep the Team Leader up to date with service provision issues and report promptly any untoward incidences, clinical or non-clinical, co-operating with any investigation undertaken.
To review efficacy of service delivery and support the setting up of new standards, or amendment of existing ones, in close liaison with the Team Leader
Person specification
Skills
* Experience of working with the public in a variety of settings and able to demonstrate good customer care. Experience of working in a health care setting, with skills and experience in rehabilitation of patients, general mobility skills and communication Good Verbal and written communication skills
* Good organisational skills Ability to work on own initiative & as part of a team
education
* 5 GCSE's at Grade C or equivalent including English language and Maths
Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
FURTHER INFORMATION
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**
**PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CONTACT ALL APPLICANTS VIA EMAIL AND NOT BY POST. YOU ARE ADVISED TO CHECK YOURRECRUITMENT SYSTEMACCOUNT ON A REGULAR BASIS. YOU CAN ACCESS THIS ACCOUNT VIA OURWEB SITE> Work for Us > Current Vacancies > My Job Account**
For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.
If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.
ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusionwill lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching.
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