Community Paediatric Physiotherapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD

Supervision

Line management

Peer support

Work-life balance

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Community Paediatric Physiotherapist to join the Children’s Physiotherapy Team. You will assess babies and children, provide follow-up interventions, and help shape services across community care.

The post emphasizes autonomous practice, with current HCPC registration and a physiotherapy degree or diploma required, and opportunities for CPD, supervision and line management.

Qualifications

• Current HCPC registration is required.
• Physiotherapy degree or diploma is required.
• Evidence of continued professional development is expected.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary environments is desirable.
• Clinical audits experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for children.
• Lead in identifying physical needs in children and young people.
• Support service delivery and development of community services.
• Work as part of the community physiotherapy team.
• Maintain current practice through clinical developments and evidence.
• Provide paediatric physiotherapy training in multi-agency settings.

Skills

Autonomous practitioner

Assessment & clinical reasoning

Communication

IT competence

Education

Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy

CPD evidence

Job description

This Community Paediatric Physiotherapist post sits in the Children's Physiotherapy Team at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, supporting service delivery across community care for children. The work centres on assessing babies and children, providing follow-up interventions, and helping to shape existing and new services. The post holder takes a lead role in identifying physical needs, with a focus on early years, long-term conditions and musculoskeletal problems, and works largely as an autonomous practitioner. Current HCPC registration and a physiotherapy degree or diploma are required.

What the job involves

• Provide autonomous assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions for service users, referring on to other providers where appropriate
• Take a leading role in assessing and supporting the identification of physical needs in children and young people
• Support service delivery and help develop current and new community services
• Work as a member of the community physiotherapy team, contributing to its development and function in any setting the service requires
• Keep own practice current by following clinical developments and responding to evidence
• Provide consultation, advice, education and training on paediatric physiotherapy within multi-agency settings across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

What's required

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• Evidence of continued professional development

Registration & licences

• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

• Planning and providing clinical care to adults or children and young people with physiotherapy needs
• Working in a variety of settings
• Working in a multi-disciplinary or multi-agency environment
• Previous experience of delivering programmes of care
• Experience of undertaking clinical audits

Skills & knowledge

• Good knowledge of physiotherapy core skills and processes
• Knowledge of child development
• Awareness of recent developments in practice and research, including NSFs and NICE guidelines
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and young people
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management and their implications for the service
• Competent in the use of IT

What's offered

• Continuing professional development
• Supervision
• Line management
• Peer support
• Commitment to a good work-life and home-life balance