Junior Physiotherapist | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in England is seeking a Band 5 Physiotherapist to work across various rotations including Respiratory and Orthopaedics. The role requires maintaining clinical standards, participating in emergency care, and demonstrating leadership skills. Candidates should have a relevant physiotherapy degree and clinical experience. The position supports 24/7 operations with potential for rotations across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Must have a relevant physiotherapy degree and possess clinical experience.
• Ability to maintain high standards of documentation according to guidelines.
• Competency in emergency management of respiratory care.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clinical records in accordance with guidelines.
• Participate in emergency and weekend rotas for respiratory care.
• Assess and treat independent physiotherapy caseload.

Skills

Clinical record keeping

Respiratory care management

Leadership and team collaboration

In-service training participation

Education

Relevant physiotherapy degree

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for applicants interested in working for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at Band 5 level across a variety of rotations which includes: Respiratory, Orthopaedics, Care of the elderly, Front of House, Stroke and Musculo-skeletal outpatients. Experience will be gained within uni-professional, as well as multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary working. Staff may rotate between all Trust sites.

The physiotherapy service operates 24 hours per day across 7 days. This is currently supported by an early, day and late shift pattern along with night shift and on-call cover for respiratory physiotherapy led NIV service at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Key responsibilities

• To maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with CSP guidelines and trust wide physiotherapy standards for documentation.
• To attend ward rounds or departmental meetings as appropriate.
• To attend relevant post graduate lectures and in-service training to consolidate undergraduate knowledge and increase skills appropriate to each rotation.
• To become competent in the provision of the emergency management of respiratory care.
• To participate in the emergency evening, extended working day, weekend and bank holiday rotas for respiratory care (including critical care and incorporating non-invasive ventilation).
• To participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.
• To assess and treat an independent physiotherapy caseload.
• To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the supervision of senior physiotherapy staff.
• The rotational element of the role consolidates under graduate skills and knowledge across a range of therapeutic modalities.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within team / departments and across organisational boundaries.

About Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

This advert closes on Monday 10 Nov 2025.