Specialist Children`s Physiotherapist

Bath, England, United Kingdom

7/23/2025

Job Overview

This post is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, qualified Physiotherapist who is keen to progress their career in the field of Paediatrics. The post will provide a broad caseload of children and young people from 0 - 19 with a variety of predominantly orthopaedic, msk or long term neurological problems . The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be a flexible team player but also able to work independently. The post is based within the Children`s Therapies department who are a friendly, experienced team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers. We are currently based at the well resourced Children`s Centre at the Royal United Hospitals Bath. The post holder will be required to work in outpatient and inpatients and will be required to provide their own transport for any required visits to community settings.

Main duties of the job

• To perform advanced physiotherapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a specialised paediatric clinical caseload of children and young people 0- 19 years.
• To hold responsibility for own case load and be responsible for a defined area of the service in Outpatient, Community and inpatient ward settings, working without direct supervision.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner
• Supervision takes the form of regular formal training, clinical reasoning sessions and peer review. Access to advice and support from a more senior physiotherapist is available if required.
  
  

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.

Person specification

Working environment

Essential criteria

• Access to own transport with full driving licence to be able to attend community visits
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• Current HPCP registration
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of post graduate training within paediatrics
  
  

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working within Paediatric Physiotherapy
  
  

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• Significant knowledge and experience of a broad range of childhood disorders.
• Knowledge of validated assessment tools and outcome measures
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in an acute paediatric service including respiratory and orthopaedic patients
  
  

Specific skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• To have competent IT skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• To be experienced in performing assessments and treatments with patients with a variety of paediatric conditions
  
  

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.

Documents to download

• Band 6 Specialist Children`s Physiotherapist (PDF, 424.4KB)
• Join the RUH (PDF, 1.1MB)
  
  

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Tania Bromham Job title Specialist Children`s Physiotherapist Email address [email protected] Telephone number 01225824220 Additional information

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