Children's Physiotherapist - Development Post

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job description

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, we aim to reflect our values in everything we do - Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

“We are committed to providing the best possible levels of healthcare and we can only do this with the help of our incredible colleagues. We have a Strategy that is designed to empower, excite and mobilise everyone in the Trust behind a common purpose and that supports our cultural values of Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.”

Children's Physiotherapist - Development Post

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area: Children's Physiotherapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 421-PSC-2018R

Site: F207, Child Development Centre, Harrogate Hospital
Town: Harrogate
Salary: £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 29/04/2025

Job overview

We are seeking a Band 5 development post into a band 6 static Children’s Physiotherapist for a full time post. This will be to work within Specialist Children’s Services in HDFT, with the base in Harrogate or Hambleton & Richmondshire locality. However, you will be expected to help cover across at both bases.

You will be part of Specialist Children’s Services which covers Harrogate & Rural and Hambleton & Richmondshire localities. We are a progressive and supportive inter-professional team of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, community paediatricians and a clinical psychologist and the autism assessment service. You will be required to have relevant experience and evidence of post graduate continuing professional development.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a physiotherapist with NHS experience and demonstrable skill pertaining to meeting the complex physiotherapy needs of children and young people, but will have supervision and Senior support. The role extends to holding a clinical caseload and providing assessment, intervention planning, delivery and evaluating therapy for children and young people in clinic, school, home and respite care settings. You will work alongside colleagues and clinical lead physiotherapists to deliver high quality evidenced-based interventions and support the ongoing development of the service. The post will initially be a band 5, but with competencies to pass, before progressing you into a Band 6, which will be expected to take one year or more.

Alongside this community and outpatient role, our Children's Physiotherapy team also work on the acute paediatric wards - Woodlands Ward and Special Care Baby Unit within Harrogate District Hospital.

The role requires communication with colleagues within Specialist Children’s Services (identifying as ‘one team’ across the two localities), the organisation and with partner agencies. This post is based at the Child Development Centre within Harrogate District Hospital.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in our values of Responsible, Respectful and Passionate. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about this position please refer to the attached job description and personal specification.

Person specification

• Have NHS experience

Essential and desirable

• BSc or equivalent in physiotherapy degree
• Have completed NHS some rotations or equivalent
• HCPC registered
• Previous NHS experience
• A rotation working in children's physiotherapy
• Any previous community working experience
• Any previous MDT working

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name: Jade Kant
Job title: Team Lead Principal Children's Physiotherapist
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01423 553023