Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist & Therapy Team Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing highly specialist physiotherapy services to children and young people with severe and complex learning difficulties in special schools. The post holder will manage a defined caseload, conduct assessments, and provide treatment, working collaboratively with families, school staff, and other professionals. Key responsibilities include developing the physiotherapy service, offering clinical supervision, and contributing to multidisciplinary team efforts to support children's development and participation in daily life.
Essential criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Registration with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Evidence of postgraduate training or attendance at short courses to develop specialist skills
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post-registration specialist education
- Attendance at or membership of relevant specialist networks
- Specialist knowledge/experience in physiotherapy
- Extensive experience of working with children/young people with a range of physiotherapy needs in a range of settings
- Knowledge/experience in the use of evidence based assessment and treatment approaches and practices
- Evidence of efective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Evidence of use of prioritisation, clinical risk assessments and outcome measures
- Experience in training others both informally (around the needs of a specific child/young person) and formally (presentations to groups of professionals)
- Experience of mentoring, supervising, managing and/or supporting junior staff
- Experience of carrying out appraisals, setting objectives and working with staff to meet these
- Experience of measuring competency and dealing appropriate where there are concerns
- Experience of setting up new projecgts/initiatives
- Experience of delivering physiotherapy within a special school setting
- Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
- Ability to perform manual handling tasks
- Knowledge of a range of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions appropriate for working with children/young people with physiotherapy needs
- Knowledge of care pathways to facilitate appropriate referrals
- Knowledge of a variety of treatment modalities e.g. orthotics, equipment for postural management, hydrotherapy etc
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Good organisation and time management skills
- Good analytical, problem solving and reflection skills
- Good IT skills - MS Office, Email and Internet
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping and understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Knowledge of basic audit and quality tools
- Insight into issues arising from the local health economy
- Personal Attributes
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ability to work as a team member and promote collaborative multidisciplinary and multi-agency approach
- Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the role
- Ability to support and develop other team members
- Ability to take initiative
- Ability to delegate tasks
- Assertive, enthusiastic with a strong client focus
- Evidence of own self-development through appraisal, CPD and portfolio
- A ility to get to all sites required for the post
- Membership of relevant specialist groups such as the Association of Chartered Paediatric Physiotherapists
- Professionally active in the specialist section
- Involvement in local/regional groups
- Physical
- Demonstrate physical ability to carry out physiotherapy assessments and intervention
- Demonstrate highly developed dexterity, coordination and palpatory sensory skills for assessment and treatment of children/young people with a variety of conditions
- Education and Qualifications
- Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Registration with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Evidence of postgraduate training or attendance at short courses to develop specialist skills
- Relevant post-registration specialist education
- Attendance at or membership of relevant specialist networks
- Specialist knowledge/experience in physiotherapy
- Extensive experience of working with children/young people with a range of physiotherapy needs in a range of settings
- Knowledge/experience in the use of evidence based assessment and treatment approaches and practices
- Evidence of efective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Evidence of use of prioritisation, clinical risk assessments and outcome measures
- Experience in training others both informally (around the needs of a specific c
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist & Therapy Team Lead
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
The post holder will provide a highly specialist physiotherapy service for children/young people with severe and complex learning difficulties in Perseid special schools, in accordance with the ServiceLevel Agreement for Sutton Health and Care Alliance.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will contribute to the development of the special schools physiotherapy service for children/young people. They will plan and provide highly specialist physiotherapy assessment, advice and treatment to a defined caseload of children/young people with severe and complex needs. They will work in partnership with the children/young people, their families and other professions and agencies, including school staff and the wider health team, to reduce the impact of these difficulties on the children's/young people's social and emotional development, their learning and ability to participate in daily life. They will provide clinical supervision and support for the AHP Therapy Team on site and undertake appraisals and 121s.
About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.
After years of collabo
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