Crynodeb o'r swydd
- Prif leoliad
- Paediatric Physiotherapy - Neurodisability Spines
- Gradd
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 9 mis (Maternity leave cover)
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (Monday-Friday)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 196-LIS9828
- Cyflogwr
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Tref
- London
- Cyflog
- £64,156 - £71,148 p.a. inc HCA (pro rata)
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 14/09/2025 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr

Clinical Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist - Neuromuscular Spinal
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Evelina London Children's Hospital for an experienced Paediatric physiotherapist who is passionate about Paediatric & Adolescent Neurodisability with a willingness to upskill in expert orthopaedic spinal management. They will work within an interdisciplinary team in the assessment and management of children and young people with Spinal conditions as part of a regional Paediatric Spinal Orthopaedic Service. They must have excellent communication skills, be able to undertake quality improvement and research projects and be experienced in leadership and clinical education. They must have excellent clinical reasoning and assessment skills, including vetting and triage of referrals.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
To work with an extended scope of practice to provide a specialist assessment and treatment service for patients with paediatric spinal conditions and spinal deformity. The service receives referrals from local GPs and works closely with Trust Orthopaedic Spinal and Radiology consultants. This will involve holding physiotherapy led clinics alongside the consultant clinics.
To work as part of the MDT in measuring outcomes following spinal surgery
To provide specialist advice to the paediatric physiotherapy department at Evelina Children’s Hospital at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
To work alongside the other clinic specialist physiotherapist within the spinal service to support the band 7 physiotherapist in the service, paediatric musculoskeletal service and support the Paediatric Orthotics service.
Key Relationships
- Clinical Lead Paediatric Physiotherapist
- Paediatric Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Physiotherapists within the trust
- Nursing Staff in OP and wards
- Admin staff for spinal orthopaedics
- Radiology staff
- Paediatric orthotists
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. The Duchess of Cambridge became the Patron of Evelina London in 2018. Guy's and St Thomas' is firmly committed to meeting the aim of the NHS constitution and providing an equally welcoming to people of all backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and religions. Since 2021 we have included Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals as part of Guys' and St Thomas', coming together with a shared vision for excellence in heart, lung, and critical care medicine and research across King's Health Partners.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Professional / Clinical responsibilities
- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the practitioner’s professional activities
- Performs an advanced musculoskeletal spinal assessment of patients including those with highly complex presentations and from this formulates a diagnosis and treatment plan which is carried out as an autonomous practitioner
- To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts, which may be conflicting to regularly provide specialist advice and second opinion to peers, medical colleagues and other health professionals. This includes the formulation of accurate prognoses, recommendation of best course of intervention, and development of comprehensive discharge plans
- To request and use the results of specialist investigations (e.g. x-rays, MRI scans and blood tests) to assist the formulation of diagnoses and plan patient management with support from the Spinal Consultants
- To develop advanced theoretical and practical knowledge to refer on to other departments/medical colleagues within or outside the Trust as necessary based on investigation results and expert clinical assessment
- To undertake the development programme for clinical specialist physiotherapists working with extended scope of practice (ESP) and obtain competency in all aspects of the ESP role
- To provide written reports of clinical opinion to medical colleagues as required
- To advise patients, carers and education/schools on the appropriate time to return to sports and other activities
- To co-ordinate patient management which may include advising patients, carers, relatives, other health professionals and medical colleagues
- To provide specialist opinion which contributes to the development of clinical pathways in collaboration with other multidisciplinary team leads
- To manage clinical risk within own caseload at all times and ensure clinical risk is effectively managed across the designated department
- To be aware of the boundaries of own extended practice, and to manage the associated clinical risk effectively at all times
- To demonstrate the highly developed dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory sensory skills necessary for assessment and manual treatment of patients, including complex manual therapy techniques, therapeutic handling and use of specialised physiotherapy equipment
Manyleb y person
Knowledge/Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Diploma / Degree in Physiotherapy
- MSc. in relevant clinical area or equivalent post registration courses in paediatric neurodisability conditions at masters level
- Evidence of continued professional development – reviewing current practice and research developments within paediatric orthopaedics and application to clinical practice
- HCPC in Physiotherapy
Meini prawf dymunol
- Member of APCP and /or other of relevant National SIG
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant band 7 level experience working in a paediatric outpatient/community physiotherapy environment including management of complex paediatric spinal conditions including spinal deformity, neuro-disability and neuromuscular conditions.
- Highly specialist knowledge & experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of paediatric spinal conditions, neurodisability and neuromuscular conditions demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning.
- Experience of student supervision and clinical education.
- Experience of clinical audits and research methodology
- Experience within an interdisciplinary team
- Experience in service development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Previous experience in an extended physiotherapy role
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Robust understanding of all aspects of clinical governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
- Current knowledge and ability in the treatment of back pain in children and young people
- Able to carry out in depth physiotherapy assessments for complex patients within a spinal triage clinic and understand onward referral pathways
- Robust understanding of all aspects of clinical governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
- Current knowledge and skill in use of orthoses and treatment options in management of scoliosis
- Knowledge of muscle tone management strategies in paediatric neurodisability.
- Demonstrate understanding of the role of physiotherapy within the current evolving health environment
Meini prawf dymunol
- Interpretation of x-rays for assessment of spinal deformity
- Advanced IT skills e.g. use of databases, statistics programmes, analysis in excel
- Understanding and experience of using Cerebral palsy integrated pathway (CPIP) database and experience of clinical assessment
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Ellie Potts
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy Clinical Lead Paediatric Physiotherapy
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 02071884660
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Tess Burnett, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, Paediatric Physio
Rhestr swyddi gyda Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust yn Proffesiynau Perthynol i Iechyd neu bob sector