About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced paediatric physiotherapy leader ready to shape the future of children's services within one of the UK's leading healthcare organisations?
We are seeking an exceptional Clinical Lead of Paediatric Physiotherapy to provide strategic, professional and operational leadership for our hospital-based paediatric physiotherapy services at Evelina Children's Hospital.
Leading a highly skilled physiotherapy workforce, you will drive excellence across inpatient, outpatient and specialist services. You will play a key role in service development, quality improvement, workforce leadership and innovation, ensuring the highest standards of care for children, young people and their families.
This is an exciting time to join Evelina London. As we deliver ambitious programmes of transformation and integration, you will help shape new models of care, support multidisciplinary collaboration and influence the future direction of children's services.
Working within a culture that is Caring, Ambitious and Inclusive, you will be supported by a strong network of senior AHP and physiotherapy leaders, with opportunities to contribute to education, research and strategy.
If you are an inspiring leader with significant experience in paediatric physiotherapy and service improvement, we would love to hear from you and welcome you to join us in delivering exceptional care for children and families.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th September 2026.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, you will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership for paediatric physiotherapy services across Evelina London Children's Hospital. Leading a large and diverse team of physiotherapists, you will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care while driving service improvement, innovation and transformation. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, senior leaders and professional networks to shape and develop services that meet the needs of children, young people and their families.
The role includes leadership of workforce development, clinical governance, quality improvement, education and research activity, alongside maintaining expert clinical practice within your specialist area. You will play a key role in delivering major service developments, supporting integrated models of care, influencing professional practice locally and nationally, and creating an environment where staff can thrive, develop and deliver excellent outcomes for patients.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 23,500 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for additional details on role and responsibilities for this post
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
First degree in physiotherapy HCPC registration Evidence of expert clinical and professional development and training in rehabilitation physiotherapy practice Recognised post-graduate study at M-level (e.g. MSc)
Desirable
Member of relevant multi professional interest group
Previous experience Essential
Proven leadership and evidence of team management and supervision Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management of patients with a sub-speciality of paediatric conditions acquired through extensive experience as an autonomous clinical expert Evidence of challenging traditional models/processes of care and suggesting/implementing innovations in clinical practice Significant experience of service development/re-modelling/transformation
Desirable
Previous experience at Clinical Lead or Consultant level Experience of establishing new training programmes and teaching courses
Skills Essential
Expert theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of approaches to the management patients with a sub-speciality of paediatric conditions Able to demonstrate leadership ability with multi-professional teams - to take responsibility, make decisions and exert appropriate authority within a directorate/organisation. Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes; to build rapport, listen, negotiate and persuade. Show resilience and determination and demonstrate leadership in contexts that are unfamiliar, complex and unpredictable
Desirable
Knowledge of finance/budgets Able to take responsibility, make decisions and exert appropriate authority across organisational boundaries.
Physical Essential
Objective, calm, professional demeanour - ability to frequently cope with working in a stressful environment and with intense concentration Able to carry out concurrent activities (multi-tasking) and work in an unpredictable working patterns
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address Evelina London Childrens Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7EH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)