Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Therapy Assistant (OT/PT)
The closing date is 22 November 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to build skills and confidence working with children's Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy in a small and supportive team. As a Therapy Assistant (OT/PT), you will work as part of a supportive Children's Therapy Team, delivering intervention and screening programmes under the guidance of senior registered colleagues. You will independently manage an allocated caseload.

You will contribute to care planning, service delivery and collaborative working across community

• Work under the guidance and supervision of registered clinicians to manage your own caseload within a defined area of the service with support and supervision
• Undertake a holistic functional assessment with clients, including defining individual goals, assessing transfers, mobility and functional activity
• Plan, initiate, modify and complete a range of therapy programmes, evaluating outcomes achieved and discharging clients when appropriate.
• Complete specific allocated tasks such as the delivery and fitting of equipment
• Deliver training and advice to settings, practitioners / carers.

Main duties of the job
You will:

• Work within a competency based framework to manage an allocated caseload of clients. Work independently or jointly with qualified therapists (dependent on competencies gained and level of complexity), to fully assess client needs including physical, functional, social and cognitive aspects. Plan, review and modify treatment directly in line with client goals and outcomes achieved per intervention.
• Take responsibility for managing own caseload within required timescales, proactively accessing regular supervision and support to do so. Plan, facilitate and complete discharge including provision of information to relevant professionals.
• Complete telephone screening to enable flow of patients through pathways.
• Deliver parent based groups (in person or virtually).
• Document interventions within Trust standards on SystmOne. Work closely with other members of the MDT in order to provide holistic child centered care.
• To provide advice to other health, education and social care professionals in the clinical area of Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• Audit response to treatment, develop and modify resources and ways of working in line with current research.
• Actively engage in training, supervision, reflection and annual reviews. Be proactive in accessing support when needed, managing risks as they occur and being responsible for ensuring appropriate level of activity against individual Job Plan.

About us
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.
Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 208-9160D1-26-1
Job locations: New Beacon House, Ridgeway, Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

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 peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about 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 at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

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.

We recognise that candidates may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support them when preparing their application. Where AI is used, the information provided must remain an accurate and authentic representation of your own skills, knowledge and experience.

AI must not be used to provide false or misleading information or to generate examples that do not reflect your own experience. You should be able to discuss and demonstrate the knowledge, skills and experience included within your application during the recruitment and selection process.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether AI has been used in preparing their application and, where applicable, how it has been used.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Relevant Level 4/5 qualification
• Level 1 Functional skills English and Maths (GCSE grade D or E)

Desirable

• Qualification in studies relating to Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy

Knowledge and experience
Essential

• Experience of working with people (adults or children) with long term physical conditions.
• Experience of working in a team
• Experience of using a range of IT e.g. Microsoft/patient records

Desirable

• Experience working as a B3 OTPTA
• Experience or awareness of equipment
• Experience working with children in a variety of settings
• Experience of working with children with disability

Personal qualities
Essential

• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Self motivated and able to work independently
• Able to work in a team
• Good organisational and time management skills

Other
Essential

• Current full UK driving/ access to a car or ability to travel across community to deliver in homes/settings
• Ability to undertake manual handling activities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details
Employer name: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address: New Beacon House, Ridgeway, Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Occupational Therapy Team lead, Wendy Moreline, wendy.moreline@nhs.net, 01724203755

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