Highly Specialist Children's Physiotherapist
Band 7
Main area: Children's Physiotherapy Grade Band 7
Contract: Part time band 7 specialist Physiotherapist, team lead in community (bank or 6 month fixed term maternity cover)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (4 days)
Job ref: 848-BHC-109-25
Site: Phoenix Children's Resource Centre
Town: Bromley
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/05/2025 23:59
Interview date: 20/05/2025
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey.
Are you looking for the opportunity to work as a team lead in a children’s physiotherapy service? We have a very supportive community team and this could be perfect for you.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Experienced Children’s Physiotherapist to bridge the gap during maternity leave for the team lead role for the community caseload based in the children's resource centre.
This role will involve supporting and leading the small physio team of band 6 physios and band 4 therapy assistants working with a mixed caseload in clinic and community.
We would welcome an experienced band 6 physio looking to develop skills in a supportive and friendly environment, or a band 7 physio looking to develop team lead responsibilities. You will be based in the community team at the Phoenix Children's Resource Centre in Bromley and be expected to be able to travel to pre-schools, schools and homes to see children in their community setting when this is most appropriate.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a dynamic, friendly physiotherapy and multi-disciplinary team, seeing children and young people with a wide variety of conditions.
You will provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to children and young people, carers and families. Undertaking the lead role in the assessment, diagnosis and formulation of physiotherapy treatment plans.
Be the physiotherapy lead within the multi-disciplinary team, providing specialist advice to other specialist health professionals, such as child psychologists, health visitors, GPs, and social care professionals, education services and others as necessary.
To provide supervision and education to band 6 physiotherapists (for band 7s), physiotherapy assistants, colleagues and physiotherapy students.
To be the responsible lead for the operational delivery of a defined area/team within the service, this is community developmental team lead role.
With more complex children, work closely with CAMHS, Wheelchair Services, Orthotics services, Specialist Equipment Agencies, Voluntary Agencies, and other providers to ensure physiotherapy treatment is fully integrated into the patients care programmes.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Diploma or Degree in physiotherapy recognised by HCPC.
* Registered with HCPC
* Evidence of CPD to high level of clinical expertise in chosen paediatric area (special needs/neurodevelopmental).
* Member of APCP
* Post Graduate courses relevant to paediatric specialty.
Information Technology
* Good keyboard skills, basic IT knowledge including PowerPoint and Word.
* Ability to create and provide printed programmes for children and families from available resources.
Experience
* Post registration experience as band 6 in the field of paediatrics.
* Experience and sound understanding of working with children’s safeguarding procedures.
* Experience of supervising and teaching junior and undergraduate physiotherapists.
Skills
* Excellent advanced communication skills written and spoken.
* Ability to time manage, prioritise, delegate and organise.
* Understanding of children’s equipment and orthotics.
* Sound understanding of safeguarding principles.
We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
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At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated.
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