Clinical Specialist / Team Leader Physiotherapist, Paediatrics

Job overview

Are you an experienced and motivated Physiotherapist with a passion for delivering high‑quality paediatric care? We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Acute Paediatric Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in respiratory assessment and treatment, to join our dynamic inpatient team and take on key team leader responsibilities, with a strong emphasis on developing and empowering others within the team.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape service delivery and contribute to innovative, child‑centred therapy across a varied and rewarding caseload.

You will provide highly specialist clinical care while fostering a positive, compassionate, and collaborative culture that supports staff wellbeing, growth, and high‑quality patient care.

The role includes clinical time on the wards and paediatric respiratory clinics, including home visits.

To support your introduction into the role, there will be a planned induction period which will include meeting relevant members of the MDT and undertaking relevant training.

If interested in the role, and would like to discuss further or arrange a visit, please contact us.

A full UK driving license is essentail for this post. Please note that an international driving license is not accepted.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

Provide a highly specialist, high standard Physiotherapy service, assessing and advising on patients care and treatment, as an autonomous practitioner within the defined patient group.

Be a clinical lead for therapy staff across the service area providing clinical advice, training, and liaising with other appropriate Therapy leads to ensure an integrated service is provided for the service area.

Provide support and advice for the continuous development, co-ordination and evaluation of Paediatric pathways (therapy and trust pathways)

Provide a source of expert clinical opinion within the field of Respiratory Paediatrics for therapy staff and other health care professionals both internal and external to the Trust.

Provide knowledge and expertise on the Physiotherapy assessment and management of Respiratory Paediatric in and outpatients.

• Responsible for team absence management and for the team e-roster ensuring safe service delivery levels and escalation of any challenge delivering this.

The Job plan will comprise up to 70% clinical care and 30% team management and leadership duties, supporting professional and service activities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in own care. Ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under own management and support more junior staff to do likewise.
• Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognosis in on wide range of highly complex conditions to recommend the best course of intervention, evaluate outcomes, reassess and to develop comprehensive rehabilitation plans.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with complex presentations, utilising investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans and specialised programmes of care.
• Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals and gain informed consent in order to work within the legal framework for patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
• Accept clinical responsibility for own caseload and organise this effectively and efficiently with regard to the clinical progress the patient. Oversee/supervise the caseload of more junior staff to ensure patients are prioritised according to acuity of need across the service areas.
• Provide highly specialist physiotherapy clinical assessments contributing to MDT diagnosis and care interventions within the speciality as appropriate
• Maintain a clean safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness hygiene and infection control at all times.
• Deliver training to own team and to on call respiratory Physiotherapy staff to ensure competence in carrying out duties and clinical interventions within the service area.
• Regularly participate in working parties developing policy changes within the Therapy Department and other specialities within the Integrated Community and Care Services Group
• Work with Consultants and other agencies to refer patients and develop the strategic and operational management of the specialist service area within the relevant professional service guidelines and practices.
• Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching and instruction to relatives, carers and other professionals to promote understanding of the aims of the Therapy Department and to ensure a constant approach to patient care.
• Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to other members of the MDT regarding the management of patients.
• Regularly manage expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high and unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency and clinical need

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.