Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job summary

Are you a physiotherapist looking to develop your skills within the Paediatric setting and lead the Under 5's team?

The Hounslow Paediatric Physiotherapy team is seeking an experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists in order to help support staff working in the under 5's stream, to ensure the continuation of service development, creation and implementation of clinical care pathways and to support the development of more Junior Physiotherapists within the team.

The Under 5's physiotherapy stream is an integral part of the Children's Physiotherapy Team which, in turn, is part of the Children's Therapy Service, which includes Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy.

Our team provides a comprehensive service profile to a varied and diverse population within the community, including nurseries/schools and clinics. Our team specialises in the treatment and management of children who have neurodevelopmental, neuromuscular and childhood musculoskeletal conditions.

Main duties of the job

disabilities, challenging behaviours, severe learning disabilities and musculo-skeletal conditions.

This role focuses on the Under 5's stream, however, you may have the opportunity to work in other streams, in line with service needs and priorities.

We adopt a number of specialist clinical approaches in order to support our clients including Bobath, Posture Management pathways and the assessment and provision of specialist equipment and orthotics, as well as using a number of well recognised assessment tools including: General Movement/Prechtl, Movement ABC, BOT 2, Peabody, GMFCS, GMFM, Mymop, Chailey, The Oxford Assessment of Disability.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.