Children's Therapy Physical Function Manager

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Physical Function Manager to provide leadership in children's therapy services. This pivotal role will oversee occupational and physiotherapy teams, ensuring high-quality care and compliance with governance standards while proactively collaborating with health and education sectors.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Stockport Credit Union for local financial advice

Qualifications

• Allied Health Professional qualification needed.
• Masters level education or equivalent in health sciences.
• Strong leadership and evidence-based practice skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary therapy teams.
• Ensure effective service provision across communities.
• Oversee governance and risk management for therapy services.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Interpersonal Communication

Education

Allied Health Professional qualification and licence to practice

Education / training equivalent to masters level

Job description

Job summary

We are very excited to be able to offer a new opportunity in our Stockport Children's therapy Services (CTS).

We are looking for a 'physical function' manager to work alongside our communication managers under the Children's Therapy Services manager in Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

This role will provide leadership to the occupational therapists physiotherapists , equipment and adaptations team and home equipment store staff.

The post holder will also take the lead in governance and risk for CTS and provide decision making for the children's equipment and adaptations team.

Main duties of the job

The main duties include:

Job Summary:To provide over arching leadership and supervision for children's occupational therapy (OT), children's physiotherapy (PT) , children's equipment and adaptations service (CEAS) and children's home equipment store (HES) providing services under a balanced system framework .

To lead and co-ordinate the teams to work in multidisciplinary ways being responsible for efficient provision across a continuum of offer as per the balanced system framework. To lead teams through transformation as needed to ensure up to date and effective and efficient processes are in place.

To work as a member of a team, providing clinical support within the balanced system framework as needed in the service, liaising with other health, education and social services, working in partnership with primary carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service.

To make decisions regarding equipment and adaptation provision across all the services.

To act as the internal service lead for governance and risk for all children's therapy services ensuring standing operating processes and record keeping policies are up to date and to lead on the CTS audit plans.

To deputise for CTS Manager as required.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Details Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

362-A-25-7301826

Job locations

Children's Therapy Offices

Kennedy Way

Stockport

SK4 2JT

Job description Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To take day-to-day responsibility for the leadership, delivery and operational management of the designated teams of multidisciplinary therapists and support staff:

• • Occupational therapists (OT)
  • Physiotherapists (PT)
  • Childrens equipment and adaptations service (CEAS) occupational therapists
  • Home Equipment Store (HES) lead OT / technicians

ensuring the services are effective and well co-ordinated across multiple schools, settings and communities across Stockport.

• To lead the service provision across the 5 strands and 3 levels of the Balanced System in collaboration with the Childrens Therapy manager / Childrens SLT Managers / All CTS Team leads.
• To work closely with the Childrens Therapy Manager to ensure of equity of access to relevant supervision and the achievement of competencies required for the maintenance of HCPC registration of team members.
• To be responsible for developing and monitoring the standard of service provision across your teams through the implementation of clinical governance requirements i.e. protocols and guidelines, clinical audit and risk management policies.
• To take the lead for governance and risk across all childrens therapies ensuring standard operating procedures are up to date and submitted and to lead on CTS audit planning.
• To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness within the service by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures ensuring effective high quality patient care
• To contribute to business plans for the managed areas.
• To deputise for more senior staff when appropriate.
• To facilitate in-service training, research and audit activities within the designated team.
• To teach, develop and educate team members to ensure service needs are met.
• To support the development of students within the team.
• To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised assessment, treatment and management of patients referred to your team if required.
• As an autonomous practitioner using advanced and highly specialised skills and knowledge,determine clinical diagnoses and treatment indicated for a complex caseload and maintain records.
• To provide supervision and decision making for the childrens equipment and adaptations service including risk assessment where possible.
• To lead the services through transformation to a balanced system .
• To work with CTS manager to develop the outcomes framework for OT, PT CEAS and HES.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16

Job description Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To take day-to-day responsibility for the leadership, delivery and operational management of the designated teams of multidisciplinary therapists and support staff:

• • Occupational therapists (OT)
  • Physiotherapists (PT)
  • Childrens equipment and adaptations service (CEAS) occupational therapists
  • Home Equipment Store (HES) lead OT / technicians

ensuring the services are effective and well co-ordinated across multiple schools, settings and communities across Stockport.

• To lead the service provision across the 5 strands and 3 levels of the Balanced System in collaboration with the Childrens Therapy manager / Childrens SLT Managers / All CTS Team leads.
• To work closely with the Childrens Therapy Manager to ensure of equity of access to relevant supervision and the achievement of competencies required for the maintenance of HCPC registration of team members.
• To be responsible for developing and monitoring the standard of service provision across your teams through the implementation of clinical governance requirements i.e. protocols and guidelines, clinical audit and risk management policies.
• To take the lead for governance and risk across all childrens therapies ensuring standard operating procedures are up to date and submitted and to lead on CTS audit planning.
• To demonstrate a high level of clinical effectiveness within the service by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures ensuring effective high quality patient care
• To contribute to business plans for the managed areas.
• To deputise for more senior staff when appropriate.
• To facilitate in-service training, research and audit activities within the designated team.
• To teach, develop and educate team members to ensure service needs are met.
• To support the development of students within the team.
• To be responsible for the provision of highly specialised assessment, treatment and management of patients referred to your team if required.
• As an autonomous practitioner using advanced and highly specialised skills and knowledge,determine clinical diagnoses and treatment indicated for a complex caseload and maintain records.
• To provide supervision and decision making for the childrens equipment and adaptations service including risk assessment where possible.
• To lead the services through transformation to a balanced system .
• To work with CTS manager to develop the outcomes framework for OT, PT CEAS and HES.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16

Person Specification Education Essential

• Allied Health Professional qualification and licence to practice
• Education / training equivalent to masters level

Desirable

• Masters
• Education / training as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Knowledge Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Experience Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Skills and abilities Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Work related circumstances Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Person Specification Education Essential

• Allied Health Professional qualification and licence to practice
• Education / training equivalent to masters level

Desirable

• Masters
• Education / training as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Knowledge Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Experience Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Skills and abilities Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Work related circumstances Essential

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Desirable

• as per person spec, 0- none, 1 - some, 2- good, 3- excellent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children's Therapy Offices

Kennedy Way

Stockport

SK4 2JT

Employer's website

http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Children's Therapy Offices

Kennedy Way

Stockport

SK4 2JT

Employer's website

http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)