# Specialist Physiotherapist: Neonates > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-neonates/a46b39ca-c259-4bc2-8151-1f02ce16c0b8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-physiotherapist-neonates/a46b39ca-c259-4bc2-8151-1f02ce16c0b8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent: end date 31/10/27 - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T14:31:09.852Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8128324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8128324?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview There is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist: Neonates to work across Neonatal units at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This 12-month fixed term contract is due to start in October 2026. The job holder will support patient pathways, leading on the clinical delivery of inpatient physiotherapy for Level 3 and Level 2 Neonatal units at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and St Mary's Hospital and outpatient neonatal follow up clinics. This includes specialist neonatal assessment, treatment and advice for premature and term infants at high risk, supporting infant development and timely onward referral to community therapy services. Close working relationships exist with the Neonatal multi-disciplinary team, nursing and medical colleagues, promoting learning and family integrated care throughout the neonatal journey. The job holder will work closely with the acute, musculoskeletal and community children’s physiotherapy teams to promote clinical excellence and continuity of care. They will work paediatric bank holidays and overnight on calls at St Mary's Hospital once the relevant induction and competencies have been completed. Service and professional development opportunities and improvement initiatives are encouraged and well supported. ### Main duties of the job - To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. - To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. - To work both independently and within a team structure, demonstrating leadership to manage own and team caseload.  To efficiently manage a caseload and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. - To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required. - To provide clarity and communicate complex clinical findings to the patient/carers to gain valid informed consent, prior to any intervention. To work within a legal framework for those patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. - To communicate with patients in a way that empowers them to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engages them in the planning and delivery of treatment. ### 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. ## Job Details There is an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Physiotherapist: Neonates to work across Neonatal units at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This 12-month fixed term contract is due to start in October 2026. The job holder will support patient pathways, leading on the clinical delivery of inpatient physiotherapy for Level 3 and Level 2 Neonatal units at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital and St Mary's Hospital and outpatient neonatal follow up clinics. This includes specialist neonatal assessment, treatment and advice for premature and term infants at high risk, supporting infant development and timely onward referral to community therapy services. Close working relationships exist with the Neonatal multi-disciplinary team, nursing and medical colleagues, promoting learning and family integrated care throughout the neonatal journey. The job holder will work closely with the acute, musculoskeletal and community children’s physiotherapy teams to promote clinical excellence and continuity of care. They will work paediatric bank holidays and overnight on calls at St Mary's Hospital once the relevant induction and competencies have been completed. Service and professional development opportunities and improvement initiatives are encouraged and well supported. ## Job Description To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. To work both independently and within a team structure, demonstrating leadership to manage own and team caseload. To efficiently manage a caseload and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required. To provide clarity and communicate complex clinical findings to the patient/carers to gain valid informed consent, prior to any intervention. To work within a legal framework for those patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment. To communicate with patients in a way that empowers them to make informed choices about the management of their condition and engages them in the planning and delivery of treatment. ## 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area - Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent - Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working - Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures - Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices - Experience of service development/change management - Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role) **Desirable** - Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post - Leadership of a therapy team - Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment - Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care - Clinical research experience - Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - Degree (or equivalent) in Physiotherapy - State registration with the Health Professions Council - Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area - Clinical Educators course or equivalent **Desirable** - Membership of the Professional Organisation - Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification - Management skills or leadership training ## Documents - [frf (doc, 901.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425291) - [jd & ps (docx, 967.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425290) - [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.