Band 8a Physiotherapy Professional Lead for Children and Families

Are you passionate about physiotherapy services for children and young people, and are looking for a new challenge?

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the AHP Professional Leadership team and across the Children and Families Division, to maintain and develop the Community Paediatric Physiotherapy service. We are looking for a Paediatric Physiotherapist with significant clinical experience at a senior grade, to provide professional and clinical leadership to our dedicated team.

The role will support the Physiotherapy team and Service Managers to provide excellent care for our children and families. The postholder will identify clinical priorities, setting and monitoring standards for clinical practice, patient centred care planning, and ensuring the team has the right skills and support to deliver a high\-quality service.

A thorough understanding of clinical governance, quality measures, the development of clinical outcomes and AHP strategy is also required for this role. There will be the opportunity to work closely with other Professional AHP and Nursing colleagues to ensure a cohesive approach.

For an informal discussion please contact Rhian Saville, Children and Families Divisional AHP Professional Lead ( rhian.saville1@nhs.net )

To provide clinical leadership and expertise for the Physiotherapy service in the Children \& Families Division, improving care for patients and taking an active role in the clinical forums within the Division.

To maintain a clinical professional overview for the physiotherapists and advise and work closely with the Service Managers and Clinical Service Managers with regards to the deployment of the staffing resource across the city within available resources.

To identify clinical priorities, setting and monitoring standards for clinical practice, patient centred care planning, and ensuring the team has the right skills and support to deliver a high quality service.

To promote and facilitate a research and audit culture within the profession, ensuring that proposals are discussed and approval sought via appropriate clinical routes.

To act as a clinical specialist for Physiotherapy, providing expert opinion and knowledge within the specialist area of Physiotherapy, clinical colleagues and other professionals.

Be Part of Our Team...

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.

Please refer to the attached Job Description/Person Specification for more details regarding the post.

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