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Job summary

Main area
Paediatrics
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: and one fixed term position until Oct 2027
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
290-MIC-2249
Employer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Children's Therapy
Town
London
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/09/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Senior Physiotherapist: Children's (rotational)

Band 6

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.  

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.  

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

 

 

 

Job overview

We are recruiting for one permanent and one fixed term (ending Oct 2027)  position. This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist: Children’s (rotational). This post participates in a cross site rotational scheme which includes PICU and the acute wards, Neonates, Child development service and MSK. 

The post holder will be providing a high standard of physiotherapy to patients, to perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions and to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme. 

The post holder is required to work at weekends within the PICU and acute wards rotation as part of their contracted hours of work, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).

The post holder is required to participate in the overnight on call rota and will do so once they have completed the relevant induction and achieved the required competencies, (specific rota details are held locally within departments).

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a high standard physiotherapy service to patients in all service areas
  • To acquire and demonstrate knowledge of relevant pathologies, conditions, normal values relating to the specialist area of physiotherapy.
  • To be responsible for own caseload and be responsible within a defined area of the service and to undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
  • To supervise and contribute to the training and development of therapy support workers, band 5 physiotherapists and students.
  • To undertake service development projects to further own and team’s clinical practice within each area.
  • To make recommendations for service development, with active involvement in the implementation of changes to practice or service protocols.
  • To participate in one of the out of hours weekend working and overnight respiratory on-call rota (specific rota details are held locally within departments).dependant on speciality area
  • Paediatrics only: The job holder will help to provide a 7 day 24 hour paediatric inpatient service when completing the acute inpatient rotation (specific rota details are held locally within departments)

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.  

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. 

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree accredited by Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
  • Current HCPC registration as a speech & language therapist
  • Professional portfolio demonstrating relevant experience and achievements
Desirable criteria
  • Registration with RCSLT

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working at post-graduate level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders, arising from neurological aetiologies.
  • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of delivering training programmes to multidisciplinary colleagues.
  • Experience of participation in clinical governance activities
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a bedded neuro-rehabilitation unit
  • Experience of working in acute stroke
  • Experience of supporting therapy support workers (assistants) and/or students on placement

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Specialist level of clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the management of adults with swallowing and communication disorders requiring acute and subacute neuro-rehabilitation setting; underpinned by current models of best practice.
  • Competent Level C dysphagia practitioner (‘RCSLT dysphagia training and competency framework’) ie able to manage a dysphagia caseload independently - or equivalent (eg operating at Proficient Level of SLT EDS Competency Framework 2025)
  • Competent in basic computer skills and common programmes i.e. Word, Outlook, internet searches, Excel, Powerpoint
Desirable criteria
  • Competent in basic computer skills and common programmes i.e. Word, Outlook, internet searches, Excel, Powerpoint

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vanessa Odofin
Job title
Clinical Lead Specialist Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0203 312 6281
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