Specialist Children's Physiotherapist | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Polegate, BN26 6QH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Nov 2026

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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 or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs.

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 arebased across East Sussex in three main bases; Crowborough/Uckfield, Polegate and Hastings.

You will work within an integrated children's therapy team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, assistants and administrators forchildren aged 0-19. You will work in close partnership with schools, other education providers and the local authority ISEND services. It is expectedthat therapists will offer a range of expertise and work across the wider community of the county.

We support leadership development at all levels and as a Band 6 Physiotherapist you will have opportunities to provide clinical supervision to lessexperienced therapists and students, and take part in service improvement groups.

Band 6 Health Care professionals (HCP) work closely with the people who use our services, families, friends and carers and play an importantcontribution in how people experience our services.

•Keeping the people who use our services safe through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments

•Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures

•Ensuring the people that use our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with them.

•Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to packages of prescribed care or identified projects

Developing integrated care programmes in partnership with senior practitioners and/or commissioners.

•Supporting in the supervision and development of staff.

•Actively working as a member of the integrated team to provide high quality care to service users.

•Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes of the service.

•Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff carry out assessment/reassessments of service users and/or pathways withcomplex needs across the relevant field.

•Supporting and making recommendations to senior managers in order to prioritise and focus efforts to drive forward and achieve businessobjectives, service improvement strategies and statutory requirements.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is currently undertaking a significant programme of transformation 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. As part of this work, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams and 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.

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.

We know life outside work matters.As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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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 kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

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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 thereisa lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFTwe strongly encouragecolleagues 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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This advert closes on Monday 2 Nov 2026

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