Main area: Physiotherapy Grade Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (A minimum of 30 hours per week would be considered)
* Full time
* Part time
Job ref: 820-7044954-CF
Employer: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Soho Health centre
Town: Birmingham
Salary per annum (pro rata): Closing 08/04/2025 23:59
Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Leader
Job overview
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
We are a growing and developing service and are therefore looking to recruit a new Team Leader for the Paediatric Physiotherapist Team.
This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions. We would like to recruit a Physiotherapist who is experienced in paediatrics and motivated to help grow and develop the physiotherapy service. The individual should have proven paediatric experience, working independently and as part of a team.
The work will primarily involve a mixture of staff management responsibilities and clinical, delivering clinic, schools and community-based assessments and intervention. The treatments will be delivered using a Package of Care approach.
Candidates will have responsibility for the line management and supervision of designated staff and students.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the day-to-day operational management and coordination of a designated team. The post holder will act as a conduit between staff and the Service Clinical Manager, ensuring robust two-way communication.
The postholder will deputise for the Service Clinical Manager and provide cover for other Team Leaders if required and as agreed.
Management of a team of staff comprising of bands 2 to 7 including clinical and admin staff. This could be up to 22 members of staff depending on current team configuration.
The post holder will work as a highly skilled practitioner accountable for their own clinical work, using highly specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgements and decision making.
The postholder will act as a source of clinical expertise/advice and guidance for families, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including Health, Education and Social Care and Health staff.
Working for our organisation
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Children’s community Physiotherapy Department, we are working as part of Inclusion Services within the Children and Families Division of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We work across the whole city, in a range of settings, including mainstream, special schools, health centers and community settings, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high level of flexibility.
We offer a supportive working environment with access to specialist clinical support, and an emphasis on sharing good practice through effective team working. We encourage our Physiotherapists to contribute to service development, and we value new ideas and experiences.
Access to reliable transport is essential.
Responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the designated team, including monitoring and authorisation of annual leave, ensuring that there is adequate cover during any planned or unplanned absence (including sickness absence).
Manage study leave, authorising leave and discussing with the Service Operational Managers and Professional Clinical Leads any matters of finance or staff development needs.
Authorise travel and other expenses as required, within approved authority limits.
* Carrying out specialist assessments in service area. Developing and implementing a range of programmes of care and treatment to meet the needs of the clients, families and their environments in accordance with agreed pathways and packages of care in specialist area.
* Negotiating with multi-disciplinary team colleagues and carers with reference to case management of complex cases including instigating appropriate referrals as appropriate.
* Using specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making for highly complex cases including decisions to discharge.
* Undertaking differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex clients with a range of disorders as part of a team approach.
* Identifying and planning appropriate intervention including delivering assessment and therapy in groups and one-to-one sessions, in accordance with the pathways & service agreed packages of care.
* Taking responsibility for the delegation of therapy programmes to assistants acting as a mentor and supervisor in line with the local delegation policy.
* Providing appropriate treatment based on best practice, adapted to client’s needs and priorities including advising other professionals and parents on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree Qualification relevant to the clinical profession – Physiotherapy, plus relevant short specialist courses.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Registered with the Health Care Professions Council.
Experience
* Extensive post registration experience working as a therapist with children.
* Significant experience working in the relevant specialist clinical area.
* Relevant experience of working in community settings and with diverse populations, including working with interpreters.
* Relevant experience of managing, leading or coordinating a team or project.
* Relevant experience of working within the NHS.
Skills and Knowledge
* Understanding of the values and vision of the Trust.
* Knowledge of the SEND, local authority and NHS drivers and challenges as they affect and impact on service delivery.
* Awareness of recent clinical developments and professional issues.
* Proven ability to work independently and to manage the conflicting demands of a clinical and managerial workload.
* Proven ability to liaise and work effectively with other professionals and agencies.
* Knowledge of NHS HR policies relevant to the support and management of staff.
* Ability to communicate verbally in a manner appropriate to a variety of parties.
* Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
* Ability to respond flexibly in a changing work environment.
* Ability to travel to various work locations across the city.
Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme
BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long-term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much as possible.
We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.
Promoting Workforce Equality
In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.
The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.
Flexible Working
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.
In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!
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Benefits of working for us:
* Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements.
* Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
* Discounts for local and national retailers.
* Dedicated well-being services for all employees.
* Flexible working where possible.
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
***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.***
Name: Carmel Kelly
Job title: Service Clinical Manager
Email address: carmelkelly@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07967471358
Additional information:
Claudette Keay BSc, MCSP
Service Manager for the Therapies
Inclusion services
Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust
Mobile: 07872 420673
Email: Claudette.keay@nhs.net
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