NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist
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About The Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our Children’s Physiotherapy Service in Barking and Dagenham. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to children and young people across a range of community settings.
You will provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and advice to children, their families, and carers, ensuring care is child-centred, inclusive, and responsive to individual needs. You will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your clinical practice and contribute to the continuous development of the service.
Working collaboratively, you will act as the physiotherapy representative within multidisciplinary teams, supporting integrated care across health, education, and social care services.
Main Duties of the Job
- Deliver a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, intervention, and ongoing management for children and young people with a range of developmental and complex needs
- Develop and implement individualised treatment plans, monitoring and evaluating outcomes in line with departmental protocols
- Work closely with families, carers, schools, nurseries, and other professionals to embed physiotherapy programmes into the child’s daily routine
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to multidisciplinary colleagues, including education and social care partners
- Deliver training sessions within clinics, schools, nurseries, and children’s centres to support wider understanding and implementation of physiotherapy interventions
- Facilitate group sessions, drop-ins, and training opportunities under guidance of senior therapists
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Service Development & Leadership
- Contribute to maintaining and improving a high-quality paediatric physiotherapy service across Barking and Dagenham
- Support Clinical Leads in the operational and clinical development of the service
- Provide oversight and input into Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) provision across both special schools and mainstream caseloads
- Lead or support the development of specialist pathways, including Serial Casting and Ponseti programmes for children and young people
- Participate in audit, service evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training, and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
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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 Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Working for Us
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 and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
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