Specialist Physiotherapist

at  Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Are you passionate about supporting children to reach their full potential?
We have a vacancy for a Band 6 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.
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 of our service users more streamlined and the experience of our therapists more fulfilling.
We welcome flexible working arrangements and do our best to offer a range of hours to ensure your work-life balance is supported.
The NHS is changing, with more emphasis on community-based care. There’s 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.
Car owner essential, subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995).
The assessment and treatment for children and young people predominantly with a neurodevelopmental condition from 0-19 years old.
There will be opportunities to develop a specialism which could be in special schools, orthotics, postural management, early years and/ or hydrotherapy.
The work will be in various locations across East Sussex and could be in community clinics, schools, nurseries and family homes.
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
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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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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.
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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.
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