# Paediatric Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-physiotherapist/b13a3a50-1248-4327-924e-dbcfaf1ef25a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-physiotherapist/b13a3a50-1248-4327-924e-dbcfaf1ef25a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Chaucer Clinic - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T11:01:00.594Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Polegate/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Physiotherapy/Physiotherapy-v8227451 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8227451?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Come and join our children's therapy team in East Sussex. This is an opportunity to work as part of an integrated therapy team, supporting the needs of children and young people aged 0-19. The East Sussex Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service (ESCITES) is provided by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust. We are recruiting Physiotherapists to posts across the County working in our clinic bases, schools, nurseries and families' homes. ### Main duties of the job As well as providing assessment and clinical interventions, you will be involved in supporting our universal training offer and working closely with schools and partner agencies. This post covers the East Sussex area including Eastbourne, Crowborough, The Havens, Hastings, Rother, Bexhill and St Leonards areas. It will involve both clinic and community work, including working in our local mainstream and special schools. The service is managed by a Clinical Manager and Team Co-ordinators and has therapy skill mix from Band 7 to Band 4. The team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Therapy Assistants. We have three hubs which are located at Grove Clinic in Crowborough, Chaucer Clinic in Polegate and Station Plaza in Hastings which provide calm working environments with friendly, enthusiastic colleagues who are committed to providing excellent care. As a Band 5 Physiotherapist you will have opportunities to develop both clinical and early leadership skills. We offer the Trust’s Preceptorship programme for new Band 5s, a full induction into the our service to learn how we work together, Safeguarding supervision, regular meetings with your line manager and clinical supervisor, and have both internal and external training opportunities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further. The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS, Knowledge of up to date clinical practice ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of recent community healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in a health relevant subject, Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body (Physiotherapist; HCPC) **Desirable** - Mentoring qualification equivalent ### Ability to manage **Essential** - Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda’s for health under the guidance of the team lead / manager, Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner taking into account Trust policies and procedures. ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written), Ability to organise own work, Ability to cope with change, Ability to use own initiative ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10536800) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.