Children's Physiotherapist - Special Schools and Early Years | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Specialist Physiotherapist to deliver physiotherapy interventions for children and young people in Greenwich. The role involves managing a complex caseload, providing assessments and support to schools, and leading early year's physiotherapy services. Candidates should have a related degree and experience working with children with special needs. The position offers an opportunity to improve lives within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage a complex early years and special schools caseload.
• Experience in liaising with multidisciplinary teams.
• Skills in conducting clinical assessments and providing physiotherapy interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialised physiotherapy for children and young people within the borough.
• Support children with complex needs attending specialist school settings.
• Lead the early years physiotherapy service and manage operational tasks.

Skills

Clinical assessments

Complex caseload management

Team leadership

Communication with multidisciplinary teams

Training and advice for families

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

To provide highly specialist physiotherapy intervention to Children and young people (CYP) 0‑19 within the borough of Greenwich, and act as a resource for their families and carers across all settings.

This specialist role will be to support CYP with complex needs who attend Specialist RBG School Settings (Primary and Secondary provision).

The post holder will also provide assessment and intervention to support children within the early year’s team. This will include assessment and advice via the monthly ‘Drop in’ clinics; follow up of children that require on‑going physiotherapy care and support to multi‑disciplinary discharges into the community.

This post has team lead responsibilities for physiotherapy in Early Years. This will include service / operational management, and reporting to the Band 8a Early Years Service Lead.

To liaise closely with other services and agencies to provide a smooth coordinated service based on best practice.

To assist with service development and provide information on issues pertaining to specialist area on a regular basis.

To provide training and advice for families and carers across all settings on issues pertaining to Children’s Physiotherapy.

Be responsible to facilitate routine and urgent new patient clinics and appointments.

Autonomously manage a complex early years and special schools caseload simultaneously.

To be able to identify clinical need for specialist onward referrals (ie orthopaedics, neurology, spinal team).

To carry out postural management assessments and CPIPS assessments.

To effectively carry out standardised outcome measures (ie general movements, HINE) and integrate these into comprehensive care plans.

Fully support junior members of staff which is inclusive of supervision and teaching.

Liaise with wider MDT and tertiary centres.

Integrate within the special school wider MDT and staff to support CYP.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Independently manage complex early years and special schools caseload.

See job description for more details.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025