Specialist Community Learning Disability Physiotherapist

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are a growing and developing service and are therefore looking to recruit a new Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our 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 individuals should have proven paediatric experience, working independently and as part of a team.


The work will primarily involve working in school clinic with children with complex physical and learning needs, mainstream schools and community based assessments and intervention. The post holder will work closely with the child, family and other professionals involved in the child's care.


Demonstrate clinical leadership and represent the local team/service area in all appropriate meetings to support the planning and development of quality services across the city


To contribute to the identification of training needs of team members, other professionals and deliver training in the highly specialist area


BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. 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. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.


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.
As a Childrens 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 Child Development Centre, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high level of flexibility.


Access to reliable transport or means of travel is essential.


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
oRelevant training in specialist area e.g. post graduate dysphagia qualification, Sensory-Integration, neurological rehabilitation
oRelevant training in clinical leadership

oExtensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multi-disciplinary and / or multi-agency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
oExtensive experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
oSignificant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
oSignificant experience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals in the area of specialism
oKnowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
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