Paediatric Physiotherapist

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Chadwell St Mary; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chadwell St Mary is looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join their Paediatric Physiotherapy team. You will oversee physiotherapy services for special schools, ensuring strong communication across educational settings while supervising junior staff. The position requires a degree in Physiotherapy and HCPC registration, along with experience working with children. NELFT offers a supportive environment focused on staff development, diversity, and well-being.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Proactive health and wellbeing support

Supportive networks for minority staff

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills essential for liaison across the Education settings.
• Experience of working with children with EHCPs and writing reports for EHCPs.
• Understanding of PT process, models and evidence-based practice in PT.

Responsibilities

• Oversee physiotherapy provision for special school children.
• Undertake supervision of junior staff and students.
• Adapt clinical knowledge to various settings.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to adapt clinical knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

• To be part of the Paediatric Physiotherapy team in Redbridge, having oversight of the physiotherapy provision across the Special Schools caseload and to support the development of this provision.

Main duties of the job

As the post holder you will be responsible for the oversight of the physiotherapy provision for our special school children under guidance of the clinical service lead.

Strong communication skills essential for liaison across the Education settings, multi-disciplinary teams, families and children.

To deputise when required in the team managers absence.

• You will undertake supervision of junior staff and students.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are : We are kind.

We are respectful.

We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job will require excellent physiotherapy and communication skills to coordinate the physiotherapy provision for the special school children of Redbridge schools and their families.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI

during the recruitment process.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with children with EHCPs and writing reports for EHCP
• Working with a paediatric caseload

Knowlege

Essential criteria

• Able to adapt clinical knowledge and experience to various settings
• Understanding of PT process, models and evidence-based practice in PT

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills

Desirable criteria

• Able to devise clear care plan based on client centred goals

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT :

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term / chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.