Band 7 Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist Community & School

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Paediatric Physiotherapist to deliver high-quality care to children. The role involves managing a complex caseload, ensuring evidence-based practice, and supervising junior staff. The provider offers flexible working hours, generous benefits, and substantial training opportunities to foster your career. This position opens up avenues to develop specialist skills in areas like hydrotherapy and early intervention, impacting the community positively.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Generous benefits

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Evidence-based physiotherapy practice.
• Ability to manage a complex caseload.
• Supervisory skills for junior staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high standards of physiotherapy are maintained and developed.
• Implement specialist treatment programmes using a child-centred approach.
• Contribute to service development as a Pathway coordinator.

Job description

A Vacancy at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Paediatric Physiotherapy service offers a high-quality service to children aged from birth to school leaving age who are registered with a Camden GP. The service covers nurseries and children’s centres, primary and secondary schools including special schools and resource bases. The caseload is varied and there is much opportunity to develop specialist skills in the areas of early advice and intervention (e.g. Health Visitor clinics), Down Syndrome, DCD, Pilates and Rebound group interventions as well as hydrotherapy, orthotics and serial casting.

This post holder will be responsible for providing a high quality effective and efficient physiotherapy service to children who access the physiotherapy service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that high standards of physiotherapy are maintained and developed that are evidence-based and reflect current practice.
• Autonomously manage a complex caseload.
• Implement specialist treatment programmes using a child-centred approach.
• Be able to supervise junior Physiotherapy staff and students and contribute to service development (e.g. Pathway coordinator).

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top. For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

See the attached job description for more detailed information on the main responsibilities of this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Dec 2025