Paediatric Physiotherapist | Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a physiotherapist to deliver high-quality specialist assessment and treatment for children (0–19 years) in Grimsby. You will manage a varied caseload across multiple settings, conduct advanced assessments, and support junior staff. This role requires a degree in physiotherapy and experience in a clinical setting. The position offers flexible work opportunities that enhance work-life balance. Apply before 4 Dec 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Commitment to employee well-being

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Provide specialist assessment and treatment for children aged 0-19 years.
• Manage caseload of musculoskeletal, neurological, orthopaedic, and rheumatology conditions.
• Lead audits, research, and service development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced assessments using specialist equipment.
• Supervise and support junior staff and other professionals.
• Provide specialist written and verbal advice.

Skills

High-quality clinical reasoning

Autonomous practice

Supervision of students

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality physiotherapy as an autonomous practitioner, delivering specialist assessment and treatment for children (0–19 years) across Northern Lincolnshire. Based in Grimsby with community travel, you will manage a caseload including musculoskeletal, neurological, orthopaedic, and rheumatology conditions in varied settings such as homes, schools, and specialist centres.

Conduct advanced assessments for complex physical conditions, using specialist equipment and clinical reasoning to create individualized treatment plans. Manage your own caseload and designated service area independently.

Supervise and educate physiotherapy students and staff, and offer expert advice to other healthcare professionals.

Lead or contribute to audits, research, and service development, making recommendations and implementing practice improvements.

Provide high quality specialist Paediatric Physiotherapy assessment and support for a wide range of less and more complex conditions in order to provide evidence based and timely support reducing the risk of harm, preventing deterioration and improving outcomes.

Responsible for managing own caseload and a defined area of the service, working without direct supervision.

Responsible for leading delegated service improvement and quality initiatives in order to drive forward improvement for CYP in our area.

Supervision, support and training for junior staff and other professionals to ensure a highly skilled, supported workforce.

Provision of Specialist written and verbal advice including statutory duties.

About the Partnership

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Flexible Working

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well‑being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Recruitment Information

To learn more about the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website athttps://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025.