Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Children's Physiotherapist, Band 6

The closing date is 19 June 2025

Job summary

Previous applicants need not apply.

Are you an experienced paediatric physiotherapist looking to make a meaningful impact in a flexible, supportive role? Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a part-time Specialist Children's Physiotherapist to join our vibrant and dedicated team. In this pivotal role, you'll deliver physiotherapy services to children and young people across both outpatient clinics and inpatient care settings.

As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you'll help shape and deliver services that support children with a wide range of health conditions--empowering them to take an active role in their own health and wellbeing. You will be working alongside clinical specialist physiotherapists and advanced clinical practitioners.

This role offers flexibility to meet the needs of both the service and the post holder, making it ideal for those seeking a better balance between their personal and professional lives. Ideal working days: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (Thursday is essential; some flexibility can be offered for the other days). Preferred structure to be spread across 3 days for optimal service delivery and work-life balance. No weekend working is required as part of this role.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide high-quality physiotherapy to children and young people within both outpatient and inpatient settings. The key specialism for this role is musculoskeletal.

  • Manage a personal caseload while contributing to the wider needs of the paediatric and new-born wards.

  • Opportunities to participate in specialist multidisciplinary clinics, such as DDH (baby hip), orthotic, respiratory, rheumatology and neonatal.

  • Offer guidance and supervision to Band 5 physiotherapists, therapy assistants and student physiotherapists.

  • Collaborate with other professionals across our child health services to continually improve and develop our physiotherapy offering.

  • Work in partnership with children and families to help them understand and manage their own health and wellbeing.

  • This role offers flexibility to meet the needs of both the service and the post holder, making it ideal for those seeking a better balance between their personal and professional lives.

Interested in joining us?If you're a compassionate, skilled, and motivated physiotherapist who is ready to bring your expertise to a team that truly makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Details

Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

269-SFT9118-A

Job locations

Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Essential & Desirable

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy and current HCPC registration
  • Evidence of post-graduate CPD training in the specialty of children's physiotherapy (1 mark per area)
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) within musculoskeletal specialty
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) within neurological or developmental specialty
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) in a respiratory specialty

Desirable

  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice within both in-patient (1 point) and out-patient setting (1 point)
  • Evidence of teaching. 1 point for education to CYP and their families, 1 point for teaching to physios and/or MDT
  • Evidence of supervision of others, inclusive of students, B5 physios or assistants.
  • Evidence of an audit or quality improvement project (1 point), evidence of effective teamworking (1 point)
  • Evidence of a Leadership course (1 mark), evidence of implementing leadership within physiotherapy
Person Specification

Essential & Desirable

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy and current HCPC registration
  • Evidence of post-graduate CPD training in the specialty of children's physiotherapy (1 mark per area)
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) within musculoskeletal specialty
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) within neurological or developmental specialty
  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice (B5/6 level) in a respiratory specialty

Desirable

  • Evidence of children's physiotherapy practice within both in-patient (1 point) and out-patient setting (1 point)
  • Evidence of teaching. 1 point for education to CYP and their families, 1 point for teaching to physios and/or MDT
  • Evidence of supervision of others, inclusive of students, B5 physios or assistants.
  • Evidence of an audit or quality improvement project (1 point), evidence of effective teamworking (1 point)
  • Evidence of a Leadership course (1 mark), evidence of implementing leadership within physiotherapy

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead for Children's Physiotherapy

Anne Whiting

anne.whiting@nhs.net

01722336262

Details

Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

269-SFT9118-A

Job locations

Salisbury District Hospital

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


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