# Senior Physiotherapist: Children's (rotational) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-childrens-rotational/05ccc430-6eb4-4ba1-8f76-edc00869a778 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist-childrens-rotational/05ccc430-6eb4-4ba1-8f76-edc00869a778.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** St Mary's Hospital (The Bays) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent: and one fixed term position until Oct 2027 - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-25T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T15:20:57.623Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8291515 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8291515?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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). Interview date: 06-Oct-2026 ### 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) ### 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 ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Recent substantial and sustained experience in relevant physiotherapy specialities and clinical settings - Experience of working as part of a physiotherapy and multidisciplinary team - Experience of clinical education of staff, students or assistants. - Experience of supervision of students/ physiotherapy assistants, with development of basic supervision skills. - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital **Desirable** - Previous experience in the NHS as a qualified physiotherapist - Previous senior physiotherapist experience in relevant post - Involvement with Clinical Governance issues and an understanding of their relation to patient care - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy. - State registration with the Health Professions Council. - Able to demonstrate specialist learning from previous physiotherapy rotations, formal post-graduate level learning and informal CPD (both general and specific to clinical fields of speciality). **Desirable** - Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy - Membership of CSP special interest groups relevant to speciality ## Documents - [frf form (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609571) - [job description (pdf, 481.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10609570) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) ## 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.