*INTERNAL* Clinical Lead Children’s Physiotherapy Service

• Manage complex caseloads, develop individualised treatment plans and determine appropriate interventions and care pathways.
• Support referral triage and prioritisation, providing specialist advice to patients, families and healthcare professionals.
• Apply advanced clinical reasoning, recognise clinical risks and work within professional competence.
• Deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care based on current evidence.

• Provide clinical guidance and collaborate with managers, professional leads and multidisciplinary teams.
• Develop and review clinical guidelines, policies, protocols and pathways.
• Promote evidence-based practice, innovation, efficiency and appropriate delegation.
• Represent the service at relevant meetings, committees and professional networks.

• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and professional guidance.
• Support staff induction, competency development and continuing professional development.
• Identify training needs and contribute to education programmes for staff and healthcare professionals.
• Educate patients and families, support student placements and contribute to developing future practitioners.

• Contribute to research, clinical audit and service evaluation.
• Apply current evidence, national guidance and professional standards to clinical practice.
• Develop and review evidence-based protocols and guidelines.
• Use outcome measures, audit findings and feedback to improve services and maintain links with universities and clinical networks.

• Participate in clinical governance, audit, benchmarking and quality improvement.
• Support investigations into clinical incidents, complaints and risks, implementing relevant recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with organisational policies, professional standards and national guidance.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and promote patient and carer involvement in service development.

• Communicate complex clinical information sensitively, adapting approaches to individual needs.
• Build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams and health, education and social care services.
• Provide specialist advice and promote coordinated, patient-centred care.
• Represent the service at relevant meetings and professional networks.

• Practise autonomously within an agreed scope of advanced clinical practice.
• Maintain competence through reflection, supervision, appraisal and continuing professional development.
• Demonstrate accountability, sound clinical judgement and compliance with professional standards and organisational policies.
• Support service development and the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care.

Essential

• Professional Qualification and Registration as a Physiotherapist
• Relevant validated clinical courses e.g. University accredited modules
• Masters level award or equivalent or willingness to work towards

Desirable

• Post Graduate Leadership Qualification/relevant experience
• Evidence of teaching at a multi-professional level
• Teaching or mentoring qualifications.
• ACP qualification

Essential

• Able to demonstrate having worked in an autonomous expert role utilising clinical assessment skills in highly complex situations.
• Experience of leading clinical audit / evaluation
• Extensive clinical and leadership experience within a community setting
• Experience of using Quality Improvement methodologies
• Supervisory skills / Experience of supervising therapists
• Recent experience of designed and delivered teaching or education packages to service users, carers and health care staff

Essential

• Highly advanced knowledge in Children's Physiotherapy: assessment and management and ability to identify 'red flags'
• Sound understanding of care delivery in the NHS, priorities, pressures and strategy
• Extensive knowledge of delivery methods and approaches
• High level clinical assessment, examination, investigation and diagnostic skills
• Able to produce high quality reports, policies and protocols
• High quality record keeping
• Ability to influence, initiate and manage change

Essential

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation and the ability to work independently
• Shows flexibility and adaptability in responding to changing service needs, with the ability to travel independently between Trust sites
• Demonstrates the Trust's values and behaviours, providing compassionate leadership and promoting equality, diversity, equity and belonging in clinical practice and leadership