Paediatric Physiotherapist

Job Summary
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Come and join our children's therapy team in East Sussex. This is an opportunity to work as part of an integrated therapy team, supporting the needs of children and young people aged 0-19. The East Sussex Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service (ESCITES) is provided by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust. We are recruiting Physiotherapists to posts across the County working in our clinic bases, schools, nurseries and families' homes.

Main duties of the job
As well as providing assessment and clinical interventions, you will be involved in supporting our universal training offer and working closely with schools and partner agencies. This post covers the East Sussex area including Eastbourne, Crowborough, The Havens, Hastings, Rother, Bexhill and St Leonards areas. It will involve both clinic and community work, including working in our local mainstream and special schools. The service is managed by a Clinical Manager and Team Co-ordinators and has therapy skill mix from Band 7 to Band 4. The team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Therapy Assistants. We have three hubs which are located at Grove Clinic in Crowborough, Chaucer Clinic in Polegate and Station Plaza in Hastings which provide calm working environments with friendly, enthusiastic colleagues who are committed to providing excellent care. As a Band 5 Physiotherapist you will have opportunities to develop both clinical and early leadership skills. We offer the Trust's Preceptorship programme for new Band 5s, a full induction into the our service to learn how we work together, Safeguarding supervision, regular meetings with your line manager and clinical supervisor, and have both internal and external training opportunities.

About us
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent .

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

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Job responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via View email address on meeveem.com, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Degree in a health relevant subject, Registered Healthcare Professional with relevant Professional body (Physiotherapist; HCPC)
• Desirable: Mentoring qualification equivalent

Experience

• Essential: Experience of recent community healthcare gained through education or work experience placement or previous employment

Knowledge

• Essential: Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS, Knowledge of up to date clinical practice

Skills & Abilities

• Essential: Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written), Ability to organise own work, Ability to cope with change, Ability to use own initiative

Ability to manage

• Essential: Able to support the implementation of local and national agenda's for health under the guidance of the team lead / manager, Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner taking into account Trust policies and procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Chaucer Clinic, Polegate, BN26 6QH, United Kingdom
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