Children's Physiotherapy Service Lead | Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to recruit a 0.8 wte (30 hours) Locality Lead Physiotherapist to operationally manage a team of physiotherapists, and support workers delivering children’s therapy services on multiple sites across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.

Additionally you will manage a small clinical caseload as an advanced practitioner for one day per week.

Working closely with colleagues across our OT, SLT and nursing teams you will join a small, friendly and supportive specialist children's service.

The post holder manages a team of children’s Physiotherapists and support workers and reports to the Service Manager. Together with the service manager and newly appointed clinical/transformation lead, the Locality Lead Physiotherapist is responsible for delivering a high quality, accessible patient-centred service.

The post holder will carry a small clinical caseload as part of the role, which will include children with a variety of presentations including neurological, respiratory, orthopaedic, rheumatological, functional co-ordination disorder and those requiring long term rehabilitation. The clinical work will be based in the south of the county. Applicants must be able to fulfil both the highly specialist clinical element and the operational element of the role.

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Children's Physiotherapist who wishes to develop their leadership skills by managing a small team of physios and support workers, whilst continuing to maintain a clinical caseload. You will work with children who have neurological, respiratory, orthopaedic, rheumatological, functional co-ordination disorder and those requiring long term rehabilitation across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County.

We would love to hear from you if you can or are keen to develop your skills to;

Provide operational, clinical and professional leadership to the physiotherapists in the team and advise the Service Manager on matters concerning the service.

Co-ordinate the clinical care delivered by the team ensuring a multidisciplinary focus.

Develop and monitor the standards of therapy care and supervise the clinical performance of staff..

Promote a culture of evidence-based practice within the team including measurement of clinical outcomes and contribution to research activity if required

Provide specialist clinical expertise, advice and support to physiotherapy colleagues regarding children with complex disorders in order to promote a high standard of physiotherapy management

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £15 per year applies.

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026