Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting children to reach their full potential? Great, so are we!
We have a vacancy for a Band 7 talented Physiotherapist to join our friendly, dedicated community teams; helping to ensure that our children and young people in East Sussex get the start in life that they deserve.
We have three clinical bases, but you will be expected to travel within East Sussex to meet the needs of the caseload.
You'll be joining a service which is directly integrated with Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists, working in clinics, schools, nurseries and family homes.
We are devoted to supporting children through holistic care. The work is varied, interesting, and very fulfilling.
Main duties of the job
Whilst carrying a specialist caseload of children you will also have a leadership role within the team.
We are looking with someone who has ideas about how we can change and improve our approaches to allocation to make the experience ofour service users more streamlined and the experience of our therapists more fulfilling.
The induction we offer to all new colleagues includes regular meetings with your line manager, clinical supervision and appraisals, as well as internal and external training opportunities. We will encourage you to participate in serviceimprovement groups and evidence-based practice, and we'll support you to develop your clinical skills to work with avaried paediatric caseload. You will be surrounded by a team with a wide base of experience and clinical interests.
We welcome flexible working arrangements and do our best to offer a range of hours to ensure your work-life balance is supported, whilst delivering the best care to our patients.
East Sussex boasts exceptional countryside, with vibrant coastal towns and easy access to the rest of the country via regular rail services in and out of London.
There has never been a better time to join our CQC rated 'Outstanding' Community Trust. We are the third community trust in the country to be'Outstanding' overall now and one of 23 provider trusts to be 'Outstanding' overall in England.
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About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team viakentchft.recruitment@nhs.netquoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team viakentchft.recruitment@nhs.netquoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person Specification
Behaviours
Essential
- Consistently puts children and their families at the heart of clinical decision making. Self awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness. Demonstrates commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent. Health and Care Professions Council license to practice. Registered member of professional body.
Desirable
- Evidence of additional post registration qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant Paediatric experience in a band 6 role. Experience of providing line supervision and/ or clinical supervision. Evidence of innovative working and supporting change. Experience of partnership working with internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience of implementing service re-design within clinical area. Experience of giving presentations and promoting the work of the service/ organisation to relevant stakeholders.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based practice and ability to implement in clinical practice. Knowledge of current local and national policies relevant to health, social care and education. Knowledge and understanding of organisational governance issues and policies.
Desirable
- Active membership of national CENs.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to motivate and lead staff. Ability to negotiate and influence. Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of both service users and staff. Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict.
Desirable
- Ability to provide constructive feedback to consultants and/ or other professionals
Personal attributes
Essential
- Innovative and willingness to meet new challenges and pioneer new ways of working. Ability to travel across a variety of sites in East Sussex within a timely manner, therefore full UK driving licence is required.
Person Specification
Behaviours
Essential
- Consistently puts children and their families at the heart of clinical decision making. Self awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness. Demonstrates commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised physiotherapy degree qualification or equivalent. Health and Care Professions Council license to practice. Registered member of professional body.
Desirable
- Evidence of additional post registration qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant Paediatric experience in a band 6 role. Experience of providing line supervision and/ or clinical supervision. Evidence of innovative working and supporting change. Experience of partnership working with internal and external stakeholders.
Desirable
- Experience of implementing service re-design within clinical area. Experience of giving presentations and promoting the work of the service/ organisation to relevant stakeholders.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of evidence based practice and ability to implement in clinical practice. Knowledge of current local and national policies relevant to health, social care and education. Knowledge and understanding of organisational governance issues and policies.
Desirable
- Active membership of national CENs.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to motivate and lead staff. Ability to negotiate and influence. Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of both service users and staff. Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict.
Desirable
- Ability to provide constructive feedback to consultants and/ or other professionals
Personal attributes
Essential
- Innovative and willingness to meet new challenges and pioneer new ways of working. Ability to travel across a variety of sites in East Sussex within a timely manner, therefore full UK driving licence is required.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
