Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 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
Employer heading
Band 7 Physiotherapy Team Leader
Band 7
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 co-ordination, 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. 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.
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 parent on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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
- Strong negotiating skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS HR policies relevant to the support and management of staff
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- 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,
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carmel Kelly
- Job title
- Service Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- 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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