Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join the dynamic Barking and Dagenham (B&D) children's community physiotherapy team to deliver excellent assessment and treatment to the paediatric population and their families.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to work within a variety of settings in the community of B&D, including both mainstream and special schools, nurseries, clinic and home environments; delivering physiotherapy to a high standard and working alongside families, carers, and supporting education staff to enhance the lives of children and all involved.
You will be working as part of a wider team and MDT and will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust’s Values.
There are opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge and also to contribute to the CPD programme, for supervising B4 staff and also to join the preceptorship programme.
Working for our organisation
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:
We are kind.
We are respectful.
We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).
Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be working alongside the team to deliver physiotherapy to the children within the London Borough of B&D. Working with children from 0-19 and their families, you will see a variety of conditions, covering from musculo-skeletal complaints to complex neuro-disabilities.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Equivalent to physiotherapy degree level
2. Relevant courses in paediatric
3. HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
4. APCP registration
Experience of working in paediatrics
Essential criteria
5. A strong desire to work in paediatrics with a minimum of 6 months experience
Desirable criteria
6. Knowledge of paediatric conditions
Skills
Essential criteria
7. Uses of children's equipment
8. Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
9. Physically able to get around the Borough/ driving license
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
10. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
11. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
12. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
13. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.