Physiotherapist - Community Paediatric

Job details

• Job reference: 252731
• Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039)
• Job closing date: 06/08/2026
• Job Type: Allied Health Professions
• Location: Coathill Hospital
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 23/07/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
• Department: Physiotherapy - Paediatrics

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Community Paediatric Physiotherapist to join our Lanarkshire wide service. We provide input to children and young people at home, in clinic and in schools and nurseries. We have a dedicated paediatric MSK service. We support respiratory care in the paediatric ward at University Hospital Wishaw. There is no On Call commitment. The successful candidate will have experience in all aspects of community paediatric physiotherapy. The office base for the post will be at Coathill Hospital, however the ability and willingness to travel across the area of service delivery is essential.

In this key role, you will:

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care.
• To assess capacity, gain valid consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent.
• Act independently to assess, analyse and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention.
• Delegate appropriate tasks and supervise Physiotherapy Support Workers to maximise efficiency and achieve desired outcome of care.
• Actively participate in physiotherapy and specialist team in-service training programme to promote personal development.

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
• The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
• Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Anne McKenna, Paediatric, Learning Disabilities & Mental Health Physiotherapy Lead via Anne.mckenna@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Nicole Hetherington, Recruitment Administrator on nicole.hetherington@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.