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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapist
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
444-7036006-BL
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wayside House
Town
Coventry
Salary
拢29,970 - 拢36,483 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Childrens Physiotherapist - Band 5

NHS AfC: Band 5

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.鈥

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received.听Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.听 听If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

Job overview

Are you looking for your ideal role as a Band 5 Children's Physiotherapist?

Are you looking to be a part of a supportive and driven team?

If so, then this role may be for you!

We are in an exciting position to be able to offer an opportunity for a band 5 Physiotherapist to join our Children's Therapy team.听

If you are a Physiotherapist that is dedicated to supporting children and their families to reach patient centred goals, working alongside a wide MDT including Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language therapy, Nursing, Community Paediatrics, Social Care and Voluntary organisations, then this is the post for you.

The postholder will join a dynamic, innovative and supportive service that offer a variety of areas of specialism- paediatric MSK, early years, school age, special schools, CPIP, respiratory and neonatal services to children and families across Coventry.听

Main duties of the job

To effectively manage a caseload of clients with health and physiotherapy needs based on the nature, complexity and urgency of each individual case.

To plan and provide physiotherapy in consultation with other colleagues and work in a range of settings as appropriate (e.g. clients home, school, health centre).

To adopt a family centred or client centred approach to therapy, collaborating with clients (and/or carer(s) where appropriate) in all aspects of the therapy process (assessment, planning, evaluation, reporting).

To select and conduct specific specialist physiotherapy assessments, addressing the physical, needs of clients.

To respect the dignity and preferences of clients and obtain written consent to therapy in accordance with departmental and trust guidance.

To apply profession specific treatment approaches and effective clinical reasoning skills to therapy (e.g. neurodevelopmental, Bobath).

To utilise individual and/or group work skills as appropriate in order to achieve agreed therapeutic goals.

To monitor, evaluate and modify therapy using appropriate physiotherapy outcome measures to ensure effectiveness and demonstrate efficacy of therapy.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are located in the 鈥淪upporting Documentation鈥 link to the right of the screen.听

Person specification

Trust values

Essential criteria
  • Trust values

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma/BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registration

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria
  • Relevant clinical knowledge & applied skills
  • ICT skills, & organisational skills
  • Good written communication skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience gained on clinical placement during undergraduate training.

Other

Essential criteria
  • As this role requires the post holder to work in a variety of community settings, car driver is essential and a valid UK driving licence as well as insurance for business use

Employer certification / accreditation badges

National Interim Quality MarkNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran Aware

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.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Aimee Strang
Job title
Clinical Service Lead, Children's Physiotherapy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476 961455