Croydon Health Services • Croydon CR0 7YD
About this role
Physiotherapy Lead – Shape the Future of Children’s Therapy
Step into a role where your expertise genuinely influences the quality of care children receive. As our new Physiotherapy Lead, you’ll guide the development of a service committed to delivering exceptional outcomes and evidence‑based practice.
We are a small, friendly, and highly skilled children’s physiotherapy team providing both Neurodisability and Musculoskeletal services. Our service culture values professional leadership, continuous learning, and high‑quality care. We’re looking for someone who can strengthen our clinical delivery, champion quality improvement, and inspire excellence across the team.
You’ll be based in our purpose‑built Child Development Centre (CDC), working alongside a multidisciplinary team and within easy reach of central London and Surrey.
Professional development is at the heart of our service. You’ll have access to regular in‑service training, clinical forums, research opportunities, and leadership support from the Head of Children’s Therapies and the wider AHP workforce. The Trust also offers a range of internal and external leadership and management programmes to support your growth.
This is an exciting time to join us. The Trust is developing its firstBabies, Children and Young Persons Strategy, and you’ll play a key role in shaping how it comes to life within physiotherapy practice.
If this sounds like the kind of place where you would thrive, we 'd love to hear from you.
You will be responsible for the day to day running of the Children's physiotherapy service.
You will be responsible for delivering the teams KPIs and performance targets with support from the Head of Children’s Therapies.
You will provide clinical support, supervision and line management of the physiotherapy team.
You will be responsible for ensuring high quality, evidence-based therapy pathways are in place with appropriate outcome measures.
You will be responsible for ensuring that clinical audit, staff development and quality improvement becomes truly embedded within the service and part of daily clinical practice.
You will provide high quality assessment and treatment to CYP within a defined clinical caseload.
You will work within a multi-agency and disciplinary approach contributing to integrated clinical practice.
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provides hospital and community services across Croydon through a range of clinics and specialist centres. Formed in August 2010 from the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust, we employ around 4,100 staff serving a diverse population of over 360,000 people.
Our main site, Croydon University Hospital, is one of the busiest in London. We are also leading the way in delivering more healthcare in community settings and people’s homes. Our district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons care for people of all ages across the borough.
Like the wider NHS, we are working hard to meet increasing demand. With the right people on board, we continue to innovate and transform our services to provide the highest quality care for local residents. We place strong emphasis on education, training and career development for all staff.
If you want to make a real difference, challenge yourself and be part of a Trust that’s shaping local healthcare, Croydon Health Services could be the place for you.
At Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.
- Responsible for the operational management and professional leadership of the Children’s physiotherapy service and its staff, with delegated responsibility to ensure that performance, clinical and budgetary objectives are met.
- To be a highly visible and proactive leader acting as a clinical resource and ensuring the sustained delivery of high standards of physiotherapy care and service delivery.
- To be responsible for exploring current practice, identifying areas for development, and planning the appropriate change using current evidence to evaluate outcomes.
- To be responsible for the quality of the environment in which therapeutic interventions are delivered and lead on facilitating changes which improve the patients’ experience
- To be an autonomous practitioner providing a highly specialist Physiotherapy service to a designated caseload and providing second opinions and specialist advice.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Jun 2026