Paediatric Physiotherapist

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Hereford is seeking a part-time physiotherapist to join its Children's Physiotherapy Team. The role involves managing a diverse caseload, providing assessments and treatments for children with varying needs, and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. Applicants should possess relevant experience and a commitment to delivering evidence-based, high-quality care. This position offers a flexible working schedule and opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development support

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in pediatric physiotherapy.
• Commitment to high quality patient care.
• Understanding of safeguarding in child healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Act as an autonomous practitioner managing children with various conditions.
• Provide comprehensive assessment and treatment.
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams for patient care.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Clinical reasoning

Time management

Job description

Job Overview

This post is a part‑time 12 month fixed‑term post (22.5 hours) working at Band 6 level. You will be joining the Children’s Physiotherapy Team based in Hereford. Our team provides comprehensive, child‑centered physiotherapy care to children aged from 0 to 19 years. This is delivered in a variety of settings; the child’s home, clinics, nursery settings, mainstream and special schools, hydrotherapy pools and community leisure facilities. We also support specialist MDT cystic fibrosis and rheumatology clinics and provide input to the children’s ward at Hereford County Hospital.

We are working towards implementing the balanced system with a tiered approach to delivering our service. This is an exciting time of service development and the successful applicant will take an active part in this.

We will support your continued professional development and ensure that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to fulfil the expectations of the post.

Herefordshire is a large rural county. Travel will be required based on service need and access to a car for work purposes will be essential. We offer flexible working and the working pattern is negotiable.

Responsibilities

• Act as an autonomous practitioner within a well‑established team of therapists managing a mixed caseload of children and young people, including neurological, musculoskeletal and developmental conditions.
• Provide assessment and treatment using a variety of skills and approaches, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning and working as part of the wider multi‑disciplinary team.
• Prioritise workload, manage time efficiently and work effectively within the team.
• Work closely with multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency colleagues (health, social care and education) to ensure an integrated approach to patient care.
• Maintain a good understanding of safeguarding of children and young people.
• Take an active part in ongoing in‑service training and clinical supervision sessions to support your own professional development and that of others, including students.

Qualifications

The post holder should have relevant experience with a commitment to providing high quality, evidence‑based practice and an excellent patient experience.

Benefits & Work Conditions

Flexible working with a negotiable pattern. The post is part‑time (22.5 hours) and is a fixed‑term 12‑month contract at Band 6 level. Travel across Herefordshire (and parts of Powys) is required; access to a car for work purposes is essential. Continuous professional development support and a supportive team environment are provided.

About Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross‑on‑Wye. We are a progressive and forward‑looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work‑life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values – Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.