Paediatric Physiotherapist | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,617 - £48,778 per annum (incl of HCAS). Pro rated if part time. |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2025 |
| Location: | Maidenhead, SL6 6DU |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7356408/371-TAP-CFS4981 |
Summary
Are you a qualified physiotherapist passionate about supporting children and families in the community?
Do you want to develop your career in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team?
We’re looking for an experiencedPaediatric Physiotherapistto join our welcoming and innovative Children and Young People’s Integrated Therapies (CYPIT) team in East Berkshire.
In this community-based role with a neurodevelopmental focus, you'll support children with a broad range of physical and developmental needs. You’ll work closely with families, schools and other professionals to help children achieve their full potential.
You’ll manage your own caseload which will include:
• Working in the community including schools, early years and clinic settings and home visits
• Using a neurodevelopmental, child-centred approach to physiotherapy
• Working in a multidisciplinary team alongside occupational therapists and speech and language therapists
• Supporting families, early years and school staff with practical, goal-based strategies
• Helping to shape our evolving service
Our core working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00 but we can offer some flexibility around this. We welcome full-time or part-time applications from 22.5 hrs/week
You can be based at either Maidenhead or Slough with community travel required across the East Berkshire area.
Our Trust is rated “Outstanding” by the CQC, who praise our positive, supportive culture. We prioritise wellbeing and promote a great work-life balance.
• Provide high quality assessment and interventions for children and young people with developmental / complex needs
• Function as a specialist autonomous clinician, supporting delivery of the CYPIT model and providing support to more junior staff and students
• Contribute to defined projects and service development initiatives as requested
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and provide written therapy plans and reports including contribution to the EHC Assessment process and tribunals as required
• Use needs-led, impact-based clinical decision making, and associated outcome measures
• Provide specialist clinical care including assessment, diagnosis and intervention
Applications for this role will be processed as they are received.We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
• Qualified Physiotherapist, registered with HCPC
• Experience working with children in the community
• A car driver with UK licence (or the equivalent ability to travel between community sites efficiently).
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate to call:Nicki Thorpe on07866003162 or email:nicki.thorpe@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so pleasesubmityour application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Thursday 14 Aug 2025
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