Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, fun, and diligent person with a desire to work with children, across the subspecialties of paediatrics, to help with therapeutic interventions and rehabilitation.

Main Duties Summary

• Supporting the qualified therapists with therapy treatment of a wide range of patients
• Dealing with patients who are acutely unwell, helping with personal care, including toileting, walking, and undertaking everyday tasks
• Managing a simple caseload of your own

In More Detail

• Involvement in treating, monitoring, and making minor alterations to the treatment of paediatric patients. This includes considering their physical, emotional, developmental, cognitive, and social needs.
• Joint sessions with the therapy staff, plus managing an independent caseload both on the wards and in outpatients, and leading group sessions.
• Building a good rapport with the children and families to encourage participation.
• Working with children with a wide range of presenting conditions including orthopaedic, respiratory, neurological, and developmental needs.
• Working in different environments, including the hydrotherapy pool, high care, wards, therapy outpatients, gym, and in our offsite rehab centre: Bursledon House.
• Admin tasks, which includes using IT systems for booking appointments, ordering equipment, and data recording.
• Wider departmental roles such as pool testing, resus trolley checks, assisting with student education, peer supervision, participating in training programmes, and supporting B3 staff.
• Working with the other technician.

Please ensure you fulfil all the essential criteria and have read the job description before applying.

Skills and/or Experience

For this specific role we need the following skills and/or experience:

• Proven experience of working with children/young people who have a variety of physical and cognitive impairments.
• Good communication skills: to enable close working relationships and be able to adapt their communication to meet the child’s, family, and MDT needs.
• Be physically fit and able to work with children with complex needs using different equipment and working in different positions and environments. This includes working on the floor, being water-confident in the hydrotherapy pool, and therapeutically handling patients.
• Basic IT skills for completion of data bases, electronic patient records, electronic booking, and outcoming systems.
• Able to work under pressure, problem solve, and prioritise tasks in an ever-changing workload.
• Aware of professional boundaries and limitations of job role, identify changes in clinical presentation and be able to escalate concerns appropriately.
• Experience working in challenging and emotive situations with active coping strategies and resilience.
• Able to manage working with bodily fluids and helping with personal care and chest clearance techniques.

It is desirable if you have a Level 3 qualification in a Health and social care, or children’s and young people-related subject, combined with experience working with children.

As we run a 7-day therapy service, flexibility is needed to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

As you will be part of both the Paediatric team and the wider Therapy services department, you will be supported to develop your skills through in-service training and UHS opportunities.

Please Note

• Interviews will be held in face to face, person on Wed 30th Sept 2026, due to having a practical assessment, so please dress in smart and comfortable clothing for your interview.
• No alternative virtual interviews will be offered, please do not apply if you cannot attend an interview in person in Southampton, England on the date given.
• We do not accept CV applications.
• If we receive a high volume of applicants we may close this advert early.
• We may offer fixed-term or alternative B4 opportunities as part of this advert.

We look forward to hearing from you.

For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience

Essential Criteria

• Level 4 diploma in a health or social care subject or equivalent level of experience.
• Relevant experience working in a healthcare, education, or customer-facing setting.
• Demonstrates the ability to acknowledge changes in the patient’s physical/psychological needs and manage as appropriate.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working in an acute hospital.

Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential Criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together