Are you a passionate and forward-thinking physiotherapist looking to make a real difference in children’s lives while advancing your own professional development? Join our supportive and innovative Paediatric Physiotherapy Team, where you’ll benefit from structured supervision, ongoing training opportunities, and exposure to a diverse and rewarding caseload. This is an excellent opportunity to build specialist skills within a collaborative environment that truly values learning, career progression, and high-quality, child-centred care.
We are seeking a proactive and motivated Physiotherapist with relevant postgraduate experience to join our friendly and dynamic Paediatric Physiotherapy Team.
This part-time permanent Band 6 post offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your clinical skills within a specialised, integrated therapy service, delivering both inpatient and outpatient care.
Interview: 22nd July
The post-holder will work with children and young people aged 0–19 years who present with a wide range of conditions, including medical, musculoskeletal, neurodevelopmental, orthopaedic, and other complex needs. You will provide high-quality assessment and intervention across Poole, Bournemouth, and East Dorset.
The role is based primarily within the Children’s Therapy Team. In addition, the successful candidate will participate in a rota providing weekend, on-call, and twilight cover to the paediatric wards.
Services are delivered in a variety of settings, including paediatric wards, nurseries, schools, and outpatient clinics across University Hospitals Dorset Trust sites, offering a diverse and rewarding caseload.
You will work closely with a multidisciplinary paediatric team and collaborate with colleagues across health, education, and social care. We are committed to delivering high-quality, child-centred care in partnership with children, young people, and their families.
A full driving licence and access to a car are essential, as the role involves community-based visits and travel across multiple sites.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
To be part of a team of therapists providing a highly specialised Physiotherapy (PT) assessment, treatment and advice service to children, 0-19 years and their parents/carers referred to the service, covering Bournemouth, Poole, and East Dorset.
To work as a member of the MDTs providing in-patient and out-patient physiotherapy services to children with orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, respiratory, medical, and neuro-developmental conditions, which affect their physical performance.
To be responsible for the clinical supervision and development of other members of the Paediatric Therapy Teams and to be a clinical educator for undergraduate students.
To provide advice and liaise with other professionals (e.g. consultants, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, orthotists) and disciplines (e.g. the community nursing team, Learning Disability Team, Occupational Therapists working in Social Care and Health, Education Staff etc), as well as networking with therapists in other departments and NHS Trusts.
To participate in continued professional development to support the development of the Paediatric Therapy service.
To provide training to colleagues, multi-disciplinary team and staff working in educational settings.
Please see the attached job description for a full overview of the role.
