Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist Neurodisability
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join the Neurodisability Movement Disorders Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The role involves providing specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and advice for children with complex neurodisability and movement disorders. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical decision-making and collaborative care planning. The post is part-time, 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours per week), and offers development within a nationally recognised tertiary service.
Essential criteria
- Combined Values
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Physiotherapy
- Health Professional Council Registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD including attendance at relevant postgraduate
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification or study being undertaken
- Membership of appropriate clinical interest groups e.g., APCP, CMAS, BACD
- Experience/Knowledge
- Extensive post graduate experience in paediatric Neurodisability
- Experience of management of complex neurological disorders through the life span - using a wide range of evidenced treatment approaches, specifically including tone management.
- Experience of paediatric rehabilitation
- Work with children and families in a wide range of settings including community practice within MDTs, including education and social care.
- Changing practice in the light of clinical research
- Understanding of professional development issues and NHS reform, legal and professional issues of child protection, inclusion, privacy & data protection
- Understanding of issues in safety and incident
- Skills/Abilities
- Highly advanced clinical skills acquired in assessment, treatment and life span management of complex Neurodisability
- Able to motivate and develop others
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly specialised handling and treatment skills
- Computer Literate
- Lecturing and presentation skills
- Combined Values
- Combined Values
- Academic/Professional qualification/Training
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Physiotherapy
- Health Professional Council Registration
- Evidence of relevant CPD including attendance at relevant postgraduate
- Postgraduate qualification or study being undertaken
- Membership of appropriate clinical interest groups e.g., APCP, CMAS, BACD
- Experience/Knowledge
- Extensive post graduate experience in paediatric Neurodisability
- Experience of management of complex neurological disorders through the life span - using a wide range of evidenced treatment approaches, specifically including tone management.
- Experience of paediatric rehabilitation
- Work with children and families in a wide range of settings including community practice within MDTs, including education and social care.
- Changing practice in the light of clinical research
- Understanding of professional development issues and NHS reform, legal and professional issues of child protection, inclusion, privacy & data protection
- Understanding of issues in safety and incident
- Skills/Abilities
- Highly advanced clinical skills acquired in assessment, treatment and life span management of complex Neurodisability
- Able to motivate and develop others
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly specialised handling and treatment skills
- Computer Literate
- Lecturing and presentation skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £58,133 – £65,261 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist Neurodisability
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist to join the Neurodisability Movement Disorders Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This post has become available due to a fixed-term career break and offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills within a nationally recognised tertiary service.
The Neurodisability Service at GOSH provides highly specialised multidisciplinary assessment and management for children and young people with complex neurodisability and movement disorders. The service delivers a range of specialist outpatient clinics, including spasticity management and the assessment and management of rare and complex conditions. We run a busy botulinum toxin programme and a Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) service supported by inpatientneurorehabilitation. Referrals are received from across the UK.
We are looking for a Paediatric Physiotherapist with experience in neurodisability assessment and rehabilitation. You will join an established multidisciplinary team and work alongside experienced colleagues within a service led by two Consultant Physiotherapy Leads and Clinical Specialist Band 8a staff.
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