Senior Physiotherapist

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Are you an experienced children’s physiotherapist seeking a new role?

At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And we flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a physiotherapist to join our Children’s Community Physiotherapy team in Waltham Forest. The London Borough of Waltham Forestis a great place to live and work – a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website –

Main duties of the job

You will join a dynamic and supportive team in delivering a high standard of physiotherapy service to children and families in Waltham Forest – providing specialised assessment and intervention for children and young people aged 0-19, who have complex developmental needs/motor disorders.

As a Senior children’s physiotherapist in our community team, you will have a delegated area of responsibility, provide highly specialist Physiotherapy clinical expertise and deliver therapeutic care in various settings including clinic, the child’s home, special schools, mainstream schools and nurseries, community settings, as well as virtually.

You will take a lead role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the

Physiotherapy service provided to children and young people attending Special schools in Waltham Forest, supporting Physiotherapy and support staff working in the schools; as well as working in Early years settings and clinics, including the Child Development Team, in conjunction with MDT colleagues.

Physiotherapists, working as part of Specialist Children’s services and the wider multi-agency team in Waltham Forest, are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our children and families and improving outcomes for children and young people.

Working for our organisation

Our Values 2025 – 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us tostrive to provide the best care by the best people.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles.Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

• – Degree or Diploma in Physiotherapy
• – Professional registration

Experience

• – 4 years post registration experience in Physiotherapy
• – 24-36 months experience in paediatric setting
• – Experience in providing advice training and support to more junior staff, support staff and students

Knowledge

• – Good knowledge of current best practice in Children’s Physiotherapy
• – Demonstrate understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services
• – In depth knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to children

Skills

• – Specialist clinical skills in Paediatric physiotherapy
• – Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate; and to support and supervise other staff
• – Demonstrate ability to work as an effective team member with excellent interpersonal skills

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

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