Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs. 

We are looking for a Physiotherapist, enthusiastic to work with children and young people with a wide range of developmental and neurological needs.

We are a dynamic therapies team based in East Kent, who recognise the importance of integrated working with Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and a Care Co-ordination team, to meet the needs of the child/young person. We offer a hybrid approach to work offering different evidence-based approaches e.g. clinic/home/school/ early years settings/ virtual; community participation.

We are part of Kent’s Children’s Therapies and pride ourselves on the support and induction for staff, including regular meetings with line manager, clinical supervision, clinical leadership from our Clinical Specialists and Children’s Leads and regular opportunities for inhouse and accredited external training which cover a wide range of topics.

Main duties of the job

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate intervention for neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions.
• Support parent/carers/other professionals to maximise potential.
• Work as part of a Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) and in partnership with health, education and social services colleagues.
• Establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with wider MDT, for example, wheelchair and equipment services.
• Support mainstream schools, early years settings and local special schools.
• Develop integrated care plans in partnership with the child, young person and / or family recommending and supporting interventions that are appropriate at a universal, targeted and specialist level.
• Participate in clinical supervision and to work as part of an integrated team with Therapy Assistants, OTs, PTs, SLTs, Care Co-ordinators and Specialist Nurse Advisors offering support to colleagues as appropriate to knowledge and skills

Working for our organisation

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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