Physiotherapy Practitioner – Neuro-Orthopaedics Cerebral Palsy (8a) - Orthopaedics - Alder Hey [...]

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's NHS foundation in Liverpool is looking for a Physiotherapist specialized in neuro-orthopaedics. The role involves providing physiotherapy services for children with cerebral palsy. Candidates should have a BSc in physiotherapy and excellent communication skills. A supportive and rewarding work environment with flexible opportunities is offered.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Extensive health and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Managing the care of children with neurodisability.
• Participating in research.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive physiotherapy service for children with cerebral palsy.
• Work as an autonomous clinician collaborating with specialist teams.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Specialist assessment and management skills

Leadership experience

Education

BSc or diploma in physiotherapy

Job description

Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Town Liverpool Salary £55,690 - £62,682 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/08/2025 23:59

physiotherapist Practitioner – Neuro-Orthopaedics Cerebral Palsy

8a

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

Alder Hey is offering an exciting opportunity to join the Orthopaedic Neuromuscular team & Northwest Movement Analysis Centre (NWMAC). This department comprises a multidisciplinary team that provides a regional specialist service for children with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular conditions. The Gait Lab at Alder Hey serves as the central hub for the cerebral palsy service, offering recommendations for non-operative interventions, multi-level surgical interventions, including pre-operative planning, and pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation protocols. This specialist service is looking to appoint a physiotherapy practitioner for 27 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, high quality, expert physiotherapy service for the North West region, within the clinical speciality of Orthopaedic Surgical Management of Cerebral Palsy encompassing management of hip, spine and lower limb. T o work as an autonomous clinician using advanced specialist skills, knowledge and experience to collaborate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment interventions for children and young people within this discipline.

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is ourInnovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice

1. To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of work including the management of patients within your care.

2. To work as an autonomous and effective member of the Orthopaedic Cerebral Palsy and Spinal multi-disciplinary teams, working within clinic, gait laboratory and ward settings, supporting community teams in providing an efficient, up-to-date, evidence based physiotherapy service.

3. To be directly responsible for the day to day orthopaedic management of patients with cerebral palsy in collaboration with Alder Hey Orthopaedic Consultants.

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Person specification

Education and Training

• • BSc or diploma in physiotherapy.
• Member of or contribute towards relevant specialist interest groups eg CMAS, BSSCP, BSS

Experience

• • Managing the care of children with neurodisability
• participation in research

Knowledge

• • Ability to demonstrate highly specialist assessment and management skills within the specialist field of orthopaedics and neurodisability

Skills

• • Evidence of excellent communication skills both written and verbal, enabling the post holder to communicate with professionals, carers and children and those who have communication difficulties.
• • Completion of a post graduate leadership course

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at [emailprotected] or call 0151 282 4599

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Application numbers

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