Contact information
For further information please contact Dorota Hornik-Caly on 01924 541430 or email on d.hornik-caly@nhs.net
About the role
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our friendly Community Paediatric Physiotherapy Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. This is a temporary position, to cover maternity leave for 10 months full time.
The Children’s Therapy Team prides itself as being part of the wider MDT which comprises of Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Autism Assessment Team. We offer a supportive ad inclusive working environment with regular supervision and training opportunities.
The successful applicant will be required to have previous experience of working with a paediatric neurodevelopmental caseload. The post holder will work within the service area of Wakefield District and will need to be able to lone work in a variety of settings including clinics, homes and educational settings (mainstream and specialist settings).
The service is forward thinking and supportive of new ideas. We operate within our core hours, Monday to Friday between 8 am and 5 pm but offer flexible working arrangements to support work life balance and wellbeing of our staff. Regular supervision is provided, and we encourage training and personal development. Access to transport is required and allowances are payable. Attendance at a face-to-face interview will be required.
For any internal candidates, secondment may be considered.
The interview date for this post is the 11th of June 2026.
Main duties
- To provide specialist physiotherapeutic assessment and management of Paediatric patients with diverse paediatric Neurodevelopmental presentations and complex physical symptoms.
- To provide physiotherapy for children with wide ranging Neurodevelopmental presentations in the hospital and community settings.
- Provide effective holistic and age-appropriate physiotherapy treatment of children in a suitable environment and hold a patient caseload.
- Providing acute respiratory and orthopaedic ward cover at PGH where cover is required within normal working hours.
- The specialist clinician will collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individual treatment programme for their patients.
- To provide leadership and support to junior therapy colleagues in the assessment and management of Paediatric conditions.
- To provide peer support, supervision and second opinions to members of the wider Paediatric team.
- To provide clinical education of physiotherapy students on placement.
- Be proactive in self-development and demonstrating initiative in promoting innovative approach to service development.
- Maintain own professional development and demonstrate high standards of clinical performance and professional practice
- To undertake a management role where appropriate in the clinical setting, where overseeing, planning and implementing objectives for more junior staff is necessary.
Key requirements
- Graduate Diploma/Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
- Registered with the HCPC
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio, including attendance at recent and relevant postgraduate courses.
- Portfolio evidence of information learning
Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance:
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Our benefits
- Access to the NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
- Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
- Extensive benefits and support, including:
- Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Home electronics scheme
- Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
- Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
- Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
- Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
- Career progression, training and support
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