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<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p>A Band 6 rotational position has become vacant within the Chelsea &amp; Westminster Hospital Paediatric Physiotherapy Team.</p>
<p>Chelsea is centrally located with good transport links, making it a great place for people who like culture with the local museums and art galleries, evenings out, and is also close to areas with a village atmosphere and green spaces .</p>
<p>We provide high quality, family-centred care to children and young people attending the Chelsea Children's Hospital and as part of the Cheyne Child Development Service - working in a variety of locations including the child's home, educational and healthcare settings.</p>
<p>You should have paediatric experience with demonstrable knowledge of specific paediatric assessments and treatments. The post provides plenty of opportunities to further develop your skills across a range of paediatric conditions, with regular supervision to support your development.</p>
<p>The job involves cross site work between the Chelsea and the West Middlesex site and participation on the weekend and out of hours rota.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p>Rotations take place annually in January and include the acute team working with inpatients including the high dependency unit and musculo-skeletal outpatients (including fracture and ED clinics) and the community team who are based at Parkview Centre for Health in White City and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital- working in a variety of locations including the child's home, educational and healthcare settings. Hydrotherapy facilities are available in the community. Rotations within the community team focus on different clinical areas; Under 5s, over 5s, and a special school for children with severe/profound learning difficulties and complex medical needs. One of the community paediatric rotations includes working with the Paediatric Orthopaedic Practitioners and Orthopaedic Consultants in the Ponseti club foot clinic. The post includes participation in the hospital's respiratory on-call and weekend service for both adults and children.Good communication skills are essential as you will be working independently and alongside other health and social care professionals; including our highly specialized paediatric orthopaedic team, orthotics service and the wider multi-disciplinary team.</p>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.</p>   <p>Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&amp;E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.</p>   <p>We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.</p>   <p>We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.</p>   <p>The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.</p>   <p><strong>Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.</strong></p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>25 July 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 6</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £46,419 to £55,046 a year
      
        per annum incl. HCAS
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>289-CS-118</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital</p>
      <p>369 Fulham Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SW10 9NH</p>
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    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <ul>
<li>The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member.</li>
<li>They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team and more junior staff and coordinate and deliver high quality care.</li>
<li>They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / service developments and management functions as delegated by the Band 7 therapist or Clinical Lead Therapist.</li>
<li>They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.</li>
<li>The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management to their own designated caseload of patients and to maintain up to date physiotherapy records.</li>
<li>They will evidence based principles and current best practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapy interventions.</li>
<li>The post holder will provide supervision, teaching and support to more junior staff, therapy assistants and students on placement.</li>
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        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <ul>
<li>The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member.</li>
<li>They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to their team and more junior staff and coordinate and deliver high quality care.</li>
<li>They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / service developments and management functions as delegated by the Band 7 therapist or Clinical Lead Therapist.</li>
<li>They will role model the identified Trust values at all times.</li>
<li>The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner in providing physiotherapy assessment, treatment and management to their own designated caseload of patients and to maintain up to date physiotherapy records.</li>
<li>They will evidence based principles and current best practise to assess, plan, implement and evaluate physiotherapy interventions.</li>
<li>The post holder will provide supervision, teaching and support to more junior staff, therapy assistants and students on placement.</li>
</ul>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy</li>
        
        <li>HPC registration</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of CPD and relevant post graduate courses</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Member of special interest group ie: APCP, Neonatal SIG</li>
          
          <li>CPD portfolio</li>
          
          <li>Relevant post graduate qualifications</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          EXPERIENCE
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Evidence of experience as a Band 5 therapist (or equivalent) in paediatrics.</li>
        
        <li>Experience working as part of MDT</li>
        
        <li>Participation in emergency on-call and weekend respiratory services including both adults and paediatrics</li>
        
        <li>Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 level in core areas including  Musculoskeletal, neurology, orthopaedic and respiratory</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of working in a non-clinical team</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of presentation at in-service training</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of experience at Band 6  therapist in paediatrics</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of paediatric courses</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of working with children in a non-clinical setting</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Demonstrates specialist knowledge and experience of paediatric orthopaedic, respiratory, neuro-developmental, neonatal  and musculo-skeletal assessment and treatment interventions</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills</li>
        
        <li>Demonstrates understanding of child protection procedures</li>
        
        <li>Able to prioritise/good time management</li>
        
        <li>The ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate assessment and  treatment techniques in a variety of paediatric clinical settings.</li>
        
        <li>Identifies challenges of working in varying hospital settings and  demonstrates the ability to adapt own practice accordingly.</li>
        
        <li>The ability to guide and direct therapy assistants and students in clinical  practice</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical  caseload and stress</li>
        
        <li>The ability to use reflective practice as a tool for growth and development</li>
        
        <li>Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical  caseload and stress</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of participation in research or audit</li>
          
          <li>Competent IT skills</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>BSc or Diploma in Physiotherapy</li>
          
          <li>HPC registration</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of CPD and relevant post graduate courses</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Member of special interest group ie: APCP, Neonatal SIG</li>
            
            <li>CPD portfolio</li>
            
            <li>Relevant post graduate qualifications</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            EXPERIENCE
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Evidence of experience as a Band 5 therapist (or equivalent) in paediatrics.</li>
          
          <li>Experience working as part of MDT</li>
          
          <li>Participation in emergency on-call and weekend respiratory services including both adults and paediatrics</li>
          
          <li>Relevant post registration experience at Band 5 level in core areas including  Musculoskeletal, neurology, orthopaedic and respiratory</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of working in a non-clinical team</li>
            
            <li>Evidence of presentation at in-service training</li>
            
            <li>Evidence of experience at Band 6  therapist in paediatrics</li>
            
            <li>Evidence of paediatric courses</li>
            
            <li>Evidence of working with children in a non-clinical setting</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Demonstrates specialist knowledge and experience of paediatric orthopaedic, respiratory, neuro-developmental, neonatal  and musculo-skeletal assessment and treatment interventions</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills</li>
          
          <li>Demonstrates understanding of child protection procedures</li>
          
          <li>Able to prioritise/good time management</li>
          
          <li>The ability to clinically reason the application of appropriate assessment and  treatment techniques in a variety of paediatric clinical settings.</li>
          
          <li>Identifies challenges of working in varying hospital settings and  demonstrates the ability to adapt own practice accordingly.</li>
          
          <li>The ability to guide and direct therapy assistants and students in clinical  practice</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical  caseload and stress</li>
          
          <li>The ability to use reflective practice as a tool for growth and development</li>
          
          <li>Evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical  caseload and stress</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Evidence of participation in research or audit</li>
            
            <li>Competent IT skills</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
    <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
    <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
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        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="tier-two-sponsorship">Certificate of Sponsorship</h3>
        <p>Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank"> UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
        <p>From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants" target="_blank"> Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab)</a>.</p>
      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital</p>
      <p>369 Fulham Road</p>
      <p>London</p>
            <p>SW10 9NH</p>
    
  

  
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    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Chelsea and Westminster Hospital</p>
          <p>369 Fulham Road</p>
          <p>London</p>
                    <p>SW10 9NH</p>
        
      

      
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        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

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