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Salary The Children’s Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings and family homes; and with education colleagues in early years and school settings.
We cover Bristol, North Somerset and South Glos and services are offered in various parts of these localities to facilitate easy access for families.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated physiotherapist to work within the Children’s Community Physiotherapy Team in BNSSG - based in North Somerset. You would have the opportunity to work within our Early Years Service and mainstream schools and our Special schools, depending on your skill set or the area of work you would like to develop.
You would be working as part of the wider physiotherapy and multi- disciplinary teams. We work as an integrated service with our OT colleagues and Speech and Language therapists within Early Years, also working closely with the paediatricians, Bristol Children’s Hospital and running joint clinics with our orthopaedic surgeons within the community
We are committed to regular training and development and we have a well-established monthly Integrated In-Service Training Program, as well a broad range of internal management and development courses. External training courses are also funded when appropriate.
To manage a specialist case load independently and carry out a range of varied therapeutic activities. To use your knowledge and experience to provide professional care, treatment, advice, guidance and support to referred children and young people with Complex Needs.
To work as an autonomous practitioner, to provide high quality, evidenced- based assessments relevant to children’s’ therapy and practice, to children and young people, often with Complex Needs
To use clinical reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate child-centred intervention, using an evidence-based practice approac
To provide an in depth analysis of the assessment and facts in order to compare a range of options for appropriate specialist intervention and programmes and to contribute to a differential diagnosis when necessary
To contribute to specific team activities in order to promote service development; this could include teaching to external agencies
To contribute to the needs assessment of children as part of the SEND process in line with the local guidelines and the Code of Practice
To contribute to Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings as required by discussing the client’s needs to ensure a coordinated care package
We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it’s about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.
At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.
Benefits:
We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!
Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.
We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK
