Job summary
Paediatric Specialist Physiotherapist - Band 6
Contract : Fixed term: 12 months (Post will be until February 2026) Part-time 22.5 hours per week This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Physiotherapist to develop their skills working alongside and being supported by experienced therapists within our multidisciplinary team comprising of SLT / OT / Physio.
You will benefit from being part of a supportive, experienced group of staff providing a clinically effective service to children and young people and their families in Barnet.
We have 0.6 WTE (22.5 hours per week) post available for the successful candidate to join our Children's Integrated Therapies (CIT) Team, providing an innovative service to children and families in Barnet, until February 2026.
As part of the role, you will have opportunities for Agile working arrangements including the provision of mobile technology and flexible working hours and arrangements. oFlexible working hours and arrangements
The service offers ongoing development opportunities including:
- Journal Club
- Peer Supervision
- Mentoring
- Clinical and Management Supervision
- CPD
- Shadowing opportunities
- Service and Trust Induction Packages
- Team Meetings
- Appraisals
In addition, you will be supported with your own clinical interests and engage in team projects co-working with other colleagues, lead by Clinical Leads recognised for creating a positive work environment.
Main duties of the job
In addition, you will be supported with your own clinical interests and engage in team projects co-working with other colleagues, lead by Clinical Leads recognised for creating a positive work environment.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Working within one or more Pathways that include complex, motor skills and physical developmental clinics
- Prioritisation, Assessment and Therapy.
- Supporting children's and young people's physical and postural needs
- Working with children in groups and individually across various locations
- Working as part of a multi-professional team in partnership with families.
- Training families and professionals.
- Jointly setting and reviewing targets.
- Measure outcomes.
We look forward to receiving your application as the first step towards welcoming you to the Barnet Children's Integrated Therapy Team.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Person Specification
Knowledge, experience, skills and abilities
Essential
- Previous experience of working in paediatric physiotherapy for at least 1 year
- Experience of working in an NHS setting.
- Commitment to CPD
- Previous involvement in QI projects or audit
- Experience of supervision of junior staff
- Experience of working with children with a variety of presentations including school age children with gross motor skill issues, and children from 0-19 with neuromuscular or neurodevelopmental issues.
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Experience of working alongside other members of the MDT
- Good presentation skills, both written and verbal, including writing SOAP notes/ reports and presenting relevant information to
- Ability to assess children with a wide range of neurodevelopmental, neuromuscular and gross motor skill issues.
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of completion of relevant short courses
Desirable
- Membership of relevant special interest group (e.g. APCP
Personal qualities
Essential
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area (car driver)
- To be a member of the CSP
- To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values (ICARE)
- Manage and resolve conflict
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage own diary/ caseload
Person Specification
Knowledge, experience, skills and abilities
Essential
- Previous experience of working in paediatric physiotherapy for at least 1 year
- Experience of working in an NHS setting.
- Commitment to CPD
- Previous involvement in QI projects or audit
- Experience of supervision of junior staff
- Experience of working with children with a variety of presentations including school age children with gross motor skill issues, and children from 0-19 with neuromuscular or neurodevelopmental issues.
- Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
- Experience of working alongside other members of the MDT
- Good presentation skills, both written and verbal, including writing SOAP notes/ reports and presenting relevant information to
- Ability to assess children with a wide range of neurodevelopmental, neuromuscular and gross motor skill issues.
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate diploma/degree in Physiotherapy
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of completion of relevant short courses
Desirable
- Membership of relevant special interest group (e.g. APCP
Personal qualities
Essential
- To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area (car driver)
- To be a member of the CSP
- To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values (ICARE)
- Manage and resolve conflict
- Ability to prioritise workload and manage own diary/ caseload
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
