Are you an experienced Physiotherapist with a passion for supporting children and young people with complex needs?
We are looking for a compassionate and skilled Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our team at HCRG Care Group.
In this role, you will provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based interventions, working collaboratively with education professionals, parents, carers, and multidisciplinary teams to meet the needs of children with Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs).
You’ll play a vital role in delivering a high standard of child-centred care, ensuring the best outcomes for children and young people in line with best practice and commissioning priorities.
If you’re ready to take on a leadership role that combines clinical expertise, collaboration, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Base:
You will be based at one of our Surrey-wide office hubs, with the flexibility of hybrid working to support your professional and personal needs.
At HCRG Care Group, we are proud to be a flexible-first employer. Our agile working approach allows our teams to thrive in a supportive and adaptable environment while delivering high-quality care.
Package DescriptionAs a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:
Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 7 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.
Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.
Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.
Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.
Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.
Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.
Main ResponsibilitiesCore Duties:
Manage a caseload of children, including complex cases, across educational settings and provide specialist, child-centred Physiotherapy care.
Collaborate with parents, carers, education colleagues, and the multidisciplinary team to support children’s Physiotherapy needs as part of their EHCP.
Contribute to the EHCP process, including annual reviews, and provide recommendations to schools, parents, and the Service Manager.
Supervise and support therapy assistants, students, and less experienced therapists.
Deliver training programs and contribute to service development, ensuring compliance with performance targets and organisational procedures.
Participate in recruitment and selection processes as needed.
Patient Care Responsibilities:
Assess, diagnose, and formulate therapy plans for children with complex conditions, in collaboration with parents, carers, and other professionals.
Provide advice to health, social care, education, and voluntary sector services, visiting various settings such as homes, schools, and clinics.
Recommend and train families in the use of specialist equipment and manual handling techniques.
Participate in multiagency meetings, including Annual Reviews, safeguarding case conferences, and Team Around the Child meetings.
Complete reports for Local Authorities and support the Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) process.
Plan for discharge, ensuring appropriate onward referrals and liaising with community services.
Operational Delivery:
Work flexibly across settings, including schools, homes, and Family Hubs, and deliver virtual consultations where appropriate.
Promote Clinical Governance, risk management, and safeguarding procedures.
Seek supervision and guidance as needed, ensuring ongoing professional development.
Complete incident reports and address any concerns in line with policies.
Job Schedule:
Clinical duties will primarily take place in schools and educational settings, with occasional work in homes or Family Hubs.
Administrative tasks can be done remotely, with equipment provided for agile working.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal CandidateEssential
Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy
Registered and compliant with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Evidence of Post graduate training/ proof of continued professional development which evidences the skills / competencies for the role.
Knowledge, experience of Children’s Physiotherapy assessments and interventions related to working with children and an understanding of the theoretical framework underpinning these.
Desirable
Membership of Special Interest Group
Clinical Educators qualification
Higher qualification in relevant clinical area eg sensory integration
Demonstrable experience of working in the NHS and educational settings
Experience of participation in education of students.
Other requirements: Car driver with own car insured for business use
Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to be a car driver
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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