Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Community Children's Physiotherapist

The closing date is 24 February 2026

Job summary

This is a Band 6, 12 month fixed term contract for 22.5 hours per week based at Tynemouth Road Health Centre in Haringey. The postholder will be supported by a team of Band 7 and 8A physios to develop their knowledge and skills in community paediatric physiotherapy. We have a comprehensive service which provides care to babies and children in a range of settings including Tynemouth Road Health Centre, nurseries, schools and children's homes. We provide blocks of therapy, orthotics, equipment and serial casting so there are opportunities to develop a diverse skill set.

Main duties of the job

To hold a caseload of babies and children and provide evidence based assessment and treatment for a range of paediatric conditions.
To participate in service evaluation and development.
To be an active participant in supervision and training to enhance your own learning and that of the team and students.
To provide cover as required to other areas of the service when needs arise such as when staff are on annual leave or absent.

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.

Date posted

11 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year Per Annum (pro rata) Including HCAS

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

220-WHT-3697

Job locations

Tynemouth Road Health Centre

24 Tynemouth Road Health Centre

London

N15 4RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

To carry a personal clinical caseload maintaining a high level of professional competence and demonstrate developing clinical expertise.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of children with complex developmental, neurological and specialist orthopaedic conditions. Investigative and analytical skills should be used to formulate individualised management and treatment plans incorporating a wide range of treatment skills and using clinical reasoning.

To provide physiotherapy treatment of children using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of treatment skills and options and provide ongoing treatment programmes.

To provide specialist advice and assessment for the provision of appropriate aids and equipment and monitor their use.

To administer specialist standardised and structured assessments, interpret results and contribute to accurate diagnosis and prognosis within the team responsible for the childs care.

To assess and treat individual children with complex needs, in their homes and school or clinic setting, working as part of the multi-disciplinary team, and liaising closely with education staff and parents/carers.

To use a range of communication strategies to overcome barriers to communicating e.g. language, communication difficulties or cognitive impairment and English as a second language, to engage and motivate the child and their family/carers in their Physiotherapy treatment.

To attend meetings necessary to co-ordinate multi-agency care of the child e.g. transition planning, child protection.

To make referrals to other services as required to meet the child or familys identified needs.

To keep accurate and adequate records, and write reports and discharge summaries as required, ensuring that confidentiality and information-sharing standards are met as in Trust and professional standards.

To communicate complex clinical information and care plans to parents, carers, and staff in other agencies, for them to understand and carry out effective treatment or management of the child.

To establish relationships with community services and facilities, and to assist children and their families to make links with resources available to them.

To work effectively with clients, carers, and colleagues around individual case management, providing advice, guidance and support as necessary and involving them in the planning and prioritisation of care wherever possible.

To reflect on clinical practice; adequately identifying strengths & needs of clients, reviewing their response to therapy and providing evidence of sound clinical judgement.

To monitor and review the progress of children on caseload and facilitate the development or modification of packages of care / targets as appropriate using evaluation/outcome measurement tools.

To adapt practice to meet individual client/carers circumstances, considering cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

To produce accurate, & detailed reports, therapy programmes, advice and information as necessary in a timely manner.

To respond to the requirements of the 1996 Education Act, The Childrens and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice (2015), by completing written advice for children who may have Special Educational Needs.

To refer children to other Health, Education or Social Services professionals as necessary.

To undertake home visits, as necessary, in compliance with Home Visiting Safety Policy