Paediatric Physiotherapist

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 41,957 to 50,387 £ / Year

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Due to a promotion to support maternity leave cover, we have a 12 month fixed term position available for a current or aspiring Band 6 Paediatric Physiotherapist at Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

No paediatric physiotherapy experience is needed, just a desire to learn and support children achieve their potential.

Full training and support will be provided by the Children Physiotherapy Team, with lots of opportunities to experience the world of paediatrics.

This post is funded for 37.5 hours however part time and flexible working requests will be considered.

The Children’s Physiotherapy Team is a small team which takes pride in their team, have regular meeting and training opportunities. The post holder will be required to work hard, be able to be change their roles on an hour by hour basis depending on the needs across the whole service (inpatients, outpatients and neonatal across hard working yet adaptable and provide high quality care for their inpatient and outpatient caseloads. The successful candidate will play a key role within the team to support inpatient and outpatient caseloads, develop the service and provide excellent care for our service users and their families.

Main duties of the job

To provide a specialist physiotherapy knowledge and skills to support the following areas using a biopsychosocial approach:

Inpatient care including respiratory, developmental reviews, post-operative orthopaedic and rehabilitation on our children’s and postnatal wards.

Lead a caseload in paediatric musculoskeletal outpatients which are held at St Peter’s Hospital and Woking Leisure Centre.

Lead hydrotherapy, rehab clinics, gym classes and appointments on the gym floor at Woking Leisure Centre and Egham Orbit using the state of the art facilities.

Support with physiotherapy led orthopaedic services for serial casting.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/ degree in physiotherapy and current HCPC registration
  • Evidence of relevant post- graduate courses and continued professional development

Desirable

  • Member of APCP
  • Evidence of paediatric CPD

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a band 5 physiotherapist for an NHS service provider
  • Experience of working within a variety of rotations
  • Experience of engaging with children

Desirable

  • Working at Band 6 level
  • Experience working with patients with neurology, orthopaedic, musculoskeletal and respiratory diagnosis.
  • Neonatal and Paediatric physiotherapy experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of how to assess and manage paediatric presentations
  • Understanding and awareness of children specific pathology

Desirable

  • Knowledge of and the ability to present, supervise and lead on service development

Skills

Essential

  • Being able to identify and manage physical & emotional needs of families and their self
  • Evidence of difficult conversations and their management
  • Ability to travel between sites (ability to drive and have access to a car)
  • To be able deal with emotional and physical pressures including having good time management
  • To complete comprehensive assessment and treatment plans for all aged children
  • Demonstrate understanding of and use of a biopsychological approach to children’s care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 27 July 2026

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