Children's Community Physiotherapist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Manchester is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to provide specialized care to children with physical disabilities. The role requires working autonomously and formulating individual management plans. Strong clinical judgement and experience in multi-disciplinary settings are essential. The organization promotes inclusivity and career development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Access to research programs

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in working with children and young people with physical disabilities.
• Ability to undertake comprehensive specialist assessments.
• Clinical responsibility management experience.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously using clinical judgement and analytical skills.
• Assess children and young people with various presentations.
• Formulate individual physiotherapy management plans.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Analytical skills

Communication

Advanced clinical reasoning

Teaching and instruction ability

Education

Relevant physiotherapy degree

Job description

Overview

This Band 6 Physiotherapy role is with a team that delivers high quality, efficient and specialised physiotherapy care to children and young people aged 0-18 across all community settings in Manchester.

This role is working with children and young people with physical disabilities, facilitating inclusive, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency management to enable young people to reach their full physical potential and participate in family, school and wider social life.

Responsibilities

• To work autonomously using clinical judgement and analytical skills based on experience and knowledge.
• To undertake the comprehensive specialist assessment of children and young people including those with a complex presentation using investigative and analytical skills.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a varied children’s caseload and to organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and effective intervention strategies.
• To formulate with parents/carers and the child/young person an individual physiotherapy management plan using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching and instruction to parents, carers and other professionals in all settings.
• To provide highly specialist advice for Education Health Care Plans.
• To attend Safeguarding Conferences and Core Group meetings as appropriate.
• To assess children and young people for specialist equipment for postural control and to facilitate the provision of that equipment. To instruct those working with the child in the use of that equipment. To monitor new developments in specialised equipment, help in piloting new equipment and communicate with manufacturers.

About MFT and the team

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn and is on a scale to deliver an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We’re a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.

Culture and opportunities

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to encourage high-quality research programmes. We’re also pursuing our Green Plan to promote sustainability in healthcare. We foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, and protect your health and wellbeing.

Additional information

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, see the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. Please also read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ for details about the Trust, our benefits and how we care for you as you care for others.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help with your application, email [e-mail].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025