Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist – Rotational Specialist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive in-service training

Individual annual performance reviews

Job summary

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is seeking a rotational paediatric physiotherapist to assess, treat, and manage a caseload across specialty areas on nine-monthly rotations. The role includes supervising staff, involvement in audit and research, and covering 24-hour on-call and out-of-hours duties, some unsupervised.

Applicants should have broad post-graduate experience, ideally in paediatrics or cardiorespiratory care, and HCPC registration.

Qualifications

• Broad post-graduate experience in paediatrics or cardiorespiratory care.
• HCPC registration is essential.
• Evidence of participation in audit or research projects.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assess, treat and prioritise changing workload within the area.
• Manage complex paediatric patients and be clinically accountable for own work.
• Deliver physiotherapy interventions in line with clinical guidelines and Trust policies.
• Carry out comprehensive patient assessment and plan, deliver and evaluate individualised intervention.
• Manage, supervise, train and support others.
• Rotate through specialty areas to build paediatric skills and knowledge.
• Take part in emergency on-call, weekend and evening service for 24-hour cover, unsupervised.
• Take part in emergency out-of-hours respiratory rota.
• Take part in audit and research to promote quality standards and evidence-based practice.
• Take part in service development and leadership.
• Keep up to date with clinical issues and maintain competence through training.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Caseload prioritisation

Independent clinical decisions

On-call & unsupervised work

Audit & research involvement

Education

Diploma or degree in physiotherapy (MCSP)

Job description

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is seeking a rotational paediatric physiotherapist to assess, treat, and manage a caseload across specialty areas on nine-monthly rotations. The role includes supervising staff, involvement in audit and research, and covering 24-hour on-call and out-of-hours duties, some unsupervised.

Applicants should have broad post-graduate experience, ideally in paediatrics or cardiorespiratory care, and HCPC registration.