Senior Paediatric Rotational Physiotherapist

Birmingham Women’s and Children; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Children’s Hospital in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Paediatric Rotational Physiotherapist to join our dynamic team. You will gain experience across a wide range of paediatric specialties through rotations and work with Advanced Physiotherapists.

The post offers varied rotations (including PICU, neurology, respiratory, cardiothoracics, orthopaedics, and more), opportunities for service development, supervision of staff, and participation in emergency out-of-hours rota.

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy (MCSP)
• HCPC Registration
• Paediatric and/or Cardiorespiratory experience in a variety of settings
• Demonstrable experience of supervising staff/students

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective and efficient physiotherapy service across the designated area.
• Rotate through specialty areas to improve paediatric skills.
• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including complex paediatric physiotherapy intervention.
• Provide effective and efficient physiotherapy interventions in accordance with clinical guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
• Participate in audit/research to promote quality standards and evidence-based practice.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients and plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Keep up to date with clinical issues and undertake development activities to maintain competence.
• Manage, supervise, train and support others.
• Participate in emergency on-call, weekend and evening service for 24-hour cover.

Skills

Paediatric physiotherapy

Clinical supervision

Education

Physiotherapy degree

Job description

Search through the open vacancies at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s.

This is YOUR place

• To be at the heart of brilliant care for women, children and young people.
• Where innovation, compassion, and opportunity meet to help transform lives.
• To make a unique impact from day one. As one of only two centres in the UK for women, children, and young people, this is where you can help bring prize-winning discoveries and game-changing innovations to life.
• To grow a thriving career and unlock your potential. Our unique and vast specialisms provide opportunities you won’t find anywhere else. No matter the career path you choose – you’ll have unwavering support for your ambition and a real investment in your learning.
• To discover a community of support. Where our strength comes from our people, who come from every walk of life and who work shoulder-to-shoulder across every discipline. Here, you’ll find a deep camaraderie and the support to take control of your career and find your passion – on the best days, and the toughest.

This is Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Trust.

This is your place, our place, the place.

Senior Paediatric Rotational Physiotherapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Physiotherapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 284-26-8326191-DMUT

Site Birmingham Children's Hospital Town Birmingham Salary £32,073 - £48,117 per annum / pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 09/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/12/2026

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

Do you have an interest in furthering your paediatric skills?

Come and join the fantastic team of Physiotherapists at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. You will be able experience a variety of specialties that will excite and challenge you to learn.

W e are seeking enthusiastic physiotherapist s to join our friendly and motivated team. Th e se post s are suitable for physiotherapist s with broad based post-graduate experience ideally including paediatrics and respiratory care. We offer opportunities to consolidate your existing skills and extend your knowledge by working alongside Advanced P hysiotherapist ’ s in a wide variety of areas. Rotations are currently 9 monthly and may include PICU, Neu rosciences, Respiratory/CF , Cardiothoracics , Musculoskeletal, Burns, Orthopaedics, Osteogenesis Imperfecta , Livers , Oncology, General Paediatrics , Community and S pecial Schools.

The post holder will gain extensive experience and skills in assessing, treating, and managing a caseload of children with a variety of conditions. There will also be opportunities to actively participate in service development, leadership, audit, and research. Clinical supervision and teaching will be an integral part of the role.

In addition, you will participate in a comprehensive supportive in-service training programme and individual annual performance review scheme. The successful candidate will also be required to participate in the emergency out of hours rota.

Main duties of the job

• To provide an effective and efficient physiotherapy service including assessing, treating, prioritising, and delegating the changing workload within the designated area
• To improve paediatric skills and knowledge by rotating through the various specialty areas.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of complex patients requiring specialist paediatric physiotherapy intervention
• To provide effective and efficient physiotherapy interventions in accordance with clinical guidelines and Trust policies and procedures
• To participate in audit/research to promote quality standards and evidence-based practice
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, using investigative and analytical skills and to plan, implement and evaluate individualised physiotherapy intervention
• To keep up to date with clinical and professional issues and undertake training and development activities to maintain competence to practice
• To manage, supervise, train and support others
• To participate in the emergency on-call, weekend, and evening service to provide 24-hour cover (involves working unsupervised)

The successful candidate will also be required to participate in the emergency out-of-hours respiratory rota and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of an evolving and exciting service.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy (MCSP)
• HCPC Registration

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

• Paediatric and/or Cardiorespiratory experience in a variety of settings
• Demonstrable experience of supervising staff/students

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• A demonstrably good level of ability to clinically reason through complex patients
• Evidence of participation in audit/research projects
• Evidence of Multidisciplinary team working

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

• Evidenced ability to prioritise a caseload
• Willingness to participate in the out of hours rotas

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

• Be able to demonstrate the Trust values
• Able effectively organise own caseload
• Demonstrate an understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion within this role

Sponsorship:

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments:

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.