Physiotherapist
hace 1 día
Sunderland
Locum Band 7 Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Community Paediatrics Location: Sunderland Start Date: ASAP End Date: 30/09/2026 Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm (Flexible working available – part-time considered) Job Overview • We are seeking an experienced Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join a well-established community children’s physiotherapy team based at Sunderland Royal Hospital., • This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled clinician to manage a complex caseload while playing a key role in service development and delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people. Key Responsibilities • Manage an independent and varied caseload, prioritising workload to meet service demands while working autonomously, • Deliver highly specialist paediatric physiotherapy assessments, diagnosis, treatment, and advice for children with complex conditions, • Apply advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice in all aspects of care, • Take a lead role in clinical practice and service development, contributing to improvements in patient pathways, • Supervise, train, and support junior staff, assistants, and students, contributing to the in-service training programme, • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patients, families, and carers to coordinate care and support discharge planning, • Maintain high standards of documentation, ensuring compliance with professional, legal, and organisational requirements, • Uphold safeguarding responsibilities for children and vulnerable individuals, • Ensure safe use of equipment and clinical environments, • Participate in research, CPD, and continuous service improvement, maintaining high infection control standards Requirements • HCPC registered Physiotherapist, • Significant experience within paediatric physiotherapy, including complex caseloads, • Ability to work independently and autonomously, • Strong clinical reasoning, leadership, and communication skills, • Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment Additional Information • Long-term contract opportunity, • Flexible working arrangements available, • Immediate start To apply or find out more, please submit your CV or contact us directly