Senior Physiotherapist - Paediatrics
| Posting date: | 18 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 January 2026 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR4 7UY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9234-25-0745 |
Summary
To seek support on an ad-hoc basis from the Jenny Lind Clinical Physiotherapy Specialists for patients with neurological, orthopaedic and respiratory difficulties. To develop comprehensive discharge plans. To be able to work as an autonomous practitioner within a team and as a lone worker. To demonstrate highly developed skills in the positioning and handling of babies with complex needs for assessment and treatment and assist others to do likewise through teaching and training. To maintain current knowledge of specialised positioning equipment for babies on the neonatal unit. To make recommendations and decisions regarding appropriate equipment to meet the needs of specific patients. To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent from child or carer and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients/parents who lack capacity to consent treatment. To liaise closely with parents, care staff and other professionals involved with this patient group and manage the day to day running of the section. To liaise closely with local physiotherapists regarding onward referral to community paediatric physiotherapy for babies who require ongoing physiotherapy intervention. To assist with reviewing, organising and participate (as appropriate) in the neurodevelopmental follow up clinic with Neonatal consultants to assess children at 9 months and 2 years. To provide specialist advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) (including hospital and community-based consultants, specialist nursing teams and paediatric therapy services) regarding the physiotherapy management of neonatal patients with neurological, orthopaedic and respiratory conditions. Work with the Neonatal AHP team to evaluate and identify the current needs of the service with the Unit Leads create job plan with priorities for service provision within funded time. Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.