Clinical Lead Physiotherapist

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Children's Physiotherapist to take on a Clinical Lead role within our Children's Therapy Service in West Lancashire. We are looking for proactive, enthusiastic and forward thinking Physiotherapist, who in turn are looking for their next challenge. If you feel you would love to explore new ways of working; bring your ideas for service improvement to life and have the skills to support and develop your colleagues to provide the best possible person centred care for our Children & Families then this is the role for you. You may have completed some leadership training already or have a real desire to develop this area of your practice. Relevant training will be provided to support the further development of the right candidates. We are able to offer a full induction from the current Clinical Leads to ensure a smooth transition for anyone wanting to take this next exciting step. You will be required to provide expert clinical advice and be responsible for a highly specialist portfolio within our Neuro Motor long term conditions pathway. Providing leadership to relevant care pathways and be proactive in transforming the service in line with current best practice; observing the Trust values and striving for excellent service user care and experience., You will manage a mixed clinical caseload of children and/or young people with complex and/or additional needs. Providing clinical leadership and supervision facilitating a culture of learning and reflective practice to assure against HCPC Professional Standards. Our Children's Therapy Service at LSCFT is a community service that is commissioned for ages 0-19. We operate across a variety of community settings including special and mainstream schools, clinics, and within a home setting. We currently follow specialist pathways including MSK, Developmental MSK, Sensory Motor Difficulties and Neuro Motor long term conditions, all of which are driven by strong clinical leadership. We are currently looking to transform these pathways to ensure we are using the latest evidence based practices and fully centred around the needs of our Children & Families, and our Clinical Leads are integral to that review an fantastic opportunity to influence change. We have a strong clinical and professional leadership team who are invested in supporting and developing staff backed up by the Trust's commitment towards staff well-being. We, in turn, would welcome applicants with innovative and creative ideas, who will demonstrate a keen willingness to support the continued development of themselves and others as well as the service.

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve. As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time. For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT., Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area. Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.