Job overview

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. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses. 

Come and join our children's therapy team in East Sussex. This is an opportunity to work as part of an integrated therapy team, supporting the needs of children and young people aged 0-19.

The East Sussex Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service (ESCITES) is provided by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust. 

As well as providing assessment and clinical interventions, you will be involved in supporting our universal training offer and working closely with schools and partner agencies.

This post covers the East Sussex area including Eastbourne, Crowborough, The Havens, Hastings, Rother, Bexhill and St Leonards areas. It will involve both clinic and community work, including working in our local mainstream and special schools, as well as supporting our universal training offer.

The service is managed by a Clinical Manager and Team Co-ordinators and has therapy skill mix from Band 7 to Band 4. 

We support leadership development at all levels and as a Band 6 Physiotherapist you will have opportunities to provide clinical supervision to less experienced therapists and students, and take part in service improvement groups. 

Main duties of the job

Band 6 Health Care professionals (HCP) work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services.

Band 6 HCPs are expected to be kind, responsive and professional, contributing to the quality of the services we provide by:

•Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments
•Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures

Band 6 HCPs are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided within the community team across the health economy by:

•Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of
prescribed care or identified projects.
Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with senior practitioners and/or
commissioners.
•Supporting in the supervision and development of staff.
•Actively working as a member of the integrated team to provide high quality care to service users.
•Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes of the service.
•Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff carry out assessment/reassessments of service users and/or pathways with complex needs across the relevant field.

Working for our organisation

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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