Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist & Therapy Team Lead

Main area Paediatric Physiotherapy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job  
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Site Perseid Special School Town Morden Salary £55,524 - £62,652 pa pro rata inc. HCAS outer-Term Time Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

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 Service Level Agreement for Sutton Health and Care Alliance.

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.

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 collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Sutton Health and Care (SHC) is an innovative joint venture (hosted by Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust) between local partner health and social care organisations, in which Sutton community services is fully integrated to support the delivery of a model of care for the people of Sutton.

SHCs vision is to deliver seamless excellent coordinated care that is person centred and of a high quality for people at risk of an unrequired hospital admission and for those requiring admission, to ensure they are supported promptly to get them home again.

We pride ourselves on having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and vision and can play a crucial role in our ongoing achievements.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide a highly specialist level of clinical skill in paediatric physiotherapy
• Be responsible for a clinical caseload of children/young people attending Perseid special schools as identified by the service specification, managing the defined caseload independently and prioritising own workload to ensure effective service provision
• Use clinical assessments, interview and observational skills to determine physiotherapy needs of children/young people and effectively set goals and plan intervention
• Communicate complex assessment findings and treatment plans with clients, families, school staff and the wider community staff, dealing sensitively with distressing or emotional circumstances and being realistic about clients' and families expectations
• Assess and treat individual children/young people with complex needs in school, their homes or clinical setting, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and liaising closely with education staff and parents/carers
• Provide written advice for Educational Health and Care Plans (EHCP) and contribute to Annual Reviews
• Monitor the effectiveness of intervention through goal setting, outcome measures and evaluation of…