Job summary
Children's Therapy Service Team Leader -Physiotherapy
Make a difference for Children, Young People and Families!
Are you a Children's Physiotherapist with substantial experience at a senior level looking for the next step in your career?
Are you passionate about providing and developing excellent services for children and young people?
If so Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are looking to appoint a dedicated and determined Team Leader for the Children's Therapy Service to ensure that children, young people and families get the best possible care and treatment when accessing our services.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Be highly visible.
- Be clinically credible.
- Be committed to developing and transforming services.
- Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams across acute and community settings.
For the areas you lead and manage you will be accountable for:
- Ensuring safe, effective, responsive, high quality services
- Workforce management
- Finance and budgeting
- Education and development
- Performance management
- Digital technology
- Evidence based Practice and Research
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
- Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Therapy Service sits within an integrated Acute and Community Directorate that sits within the Women & Children's Group. The Children's Therapy Service consist of, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech & Language therapists.
Rated as Outstanding by CQC our Childrens Therapy Services are forward thinking, keen to embrace innovative ways of working; all staff are empowered to contribute ideas to improve our service to meet the needs of the local population
If you possess strong leadership and management qualities, feel you can commit to our Trust and Directorate vision, would like to work in a welcoming and supportive environment
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Therapy Service sits within an integrated Acute and Community Directorate that sits within the Women & Children's Group. The Children's Therapy Service consist of, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech & Language therapists.
Rated as Outstanding by CQC our Childrens Therapy Services are forward thinking, keen to embrace innovative ways of working; all staff are empowered to contribute ideas to improve our service to meet the needs of the local population
If you possess strong leadership and management qualities, feel you can commit to our Trust and Directorate vision, would like to work in a welcoming and supportive environment
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- A degree (or diploma) in Physiotherapy from a recognised training establishment.
- Registration with HPC
- Member of CSP
- Evidence of a comprehensive, relevant and up to date CPD record
Desirable
- MSc in Physiotherapy or related clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings, with a range of Paediatric conditions.
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving research, audit, and user feedback.
- Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and non-professional.
- Experience of working with assistants, students, newly qualified therapists, and others as appropriate.
- Experience of managing and prioritising a caseload.
Desirable
- Experience of working with SEND agenda.
- Evidence of completion of Leadership or Management training
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- A degree (or diploma) in Physiotherapy from a recognised training establishment.
- Registration with HPC
- Member of CSP
- Evidence of a comprehensive, relevant and up to date CPD record
Desirable
- MSc in Physiotherapy or related clinical area
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-graduate and post-competency experience working with children in a variety of settings, with a range of Paediatric conditions.
- Experience of working within the NHS
- Experience of participating in clinical service development in response to local and national priorities involving research, audit, and user feedback.
- Experience of participating in the delivery and development of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and non-professional.
- Experience of working with assistants, students, newly qualified therapists, and others as appropriate.
- Experience of managing and prioritising a caseload.
Desirable
- Experience of working with SEND agenda.
- Evidence of completion of Leadership or Management training
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
