Highly Specialist Children's Physiotherapist

Job overview

Are you looking for your next challenge within Children's Physiotherapy? If you looking to expand or consolidate your Physiotherapy skills with Children with complex needs then this is the job for you! We have an opportunity for a Band 7 within BNSSG, predominantly based in the South Gloucestershire Team working in the community with the team based at both Kingswood and Patchway Hubs.

You will work closely within a Multidisciplinary team including Physio, OT, Speech and Language Therapists and Paediatricians managing all aspects of a child's Physiotherapy care with opportunities to develop your skills in postural management, specialist equipment and early intervention.

This is a part time role for 30 hours a week. Your working days must include a Wednesday and Thursday due to service requirements.

If you are internal to Sirona care & health, this will be a secondment.

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities will include;

• Holding a community caseload and completing new assessments of children with a variety of conditions.
• Involvement with Early years complex needs assessments along side Paediatricians', OT , SLT
• Working within an MDT both within schools and in the community.
• Providing support and supervision to the other members of the Physiotherapy team including Band 5 and 6 Physiotherapists, Band 4 Technicians and Physiotherapy Students.
• Supporting the South Gloucestershire Physiotherapy Team Lead in their job role with triaging referrals and deputising for meetings.
• To be actively involved in the development of the service alongside the Professional Lead.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Applicant requirements

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.