Band 5 Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job summary

UHB is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national, and international population.

We are excited to offer a static Band 5 Paediatric Physiotherapy position. The successful candidate would be based within the Paediatric Physiotherapy team at Birmingham Heartland Hospital, but may require some travel for clinics at Good Hope or Solihull Hospital sites. They would hold a caseload including MSK and respiratory patients.

This opportunity would offer working within a supportive team of physiotherapists.

We are looking for an enthusiastic physiotherapist, ideally with some experience of working at Band 5 level, who would like to develop their Paediatric skills and experience. There would be internal supervision and CPD opportunities available.

The team offers flexible working and will consider applicants requesting reduced hours.

We are committed to supporting ongoing personal and professional development and offer a wider variety of training opportunities.

For further information please contact: Rebecca Hodgson Paediatric Physiotherapist, Rebecca.hodgson@uhb.nhs.uk or Claire Howell, Clinical Team Lead Specialist Assessment Service, claire.howell@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The clinical role of the band 5 Physiotherapy is to be responsible for their own caseload, without direct supervision. They would be based in the Paediatric Physiotherapy Service working within the MSK and Paediatric respiratory teams, primarily at Birmingham Heartland Hospital. The post holder may also be required to work across sites, at Good Hope and Solihull Hospital.

A band 5 receives supervision and development in the form of regular training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, and case conferences

There will be opportunities to take part in evidence based audit and research projects to support both teams and clinical practise.

Will be to contribute to a 7 day working rota and with provided training participate on the oncall physiotherapy service

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma / degree in Physiotherapy

Good standard of general education including GCSE maths and English grade C and above.

A Levels or equivalent qualification

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

Essential

Student placements or qualified clinical work to have provided a broad range of experience in :

Respiratory

Stroke and Neurology

Musculo-skeletal Condtions

Older people

Experience as a student or graduate within an NHS setting, acute or community

An ability to prioritise and organise own workload

An ability to delegate work to assistants and students

An ability to cope with a range of options, analyse, compare, find solutions and decide on a course of action

Demonstrate an interest in developing expertise within Physiotherapy

Demonstrate a professional attitude

Able to take a team lead role in the absence of a senior

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.