Physiotherapy Assistant

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; North East; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

The Physiotherapy Assistant will join the Care of the Elderly Physiotherapy Team at North Tyneside General Hospital to support older adults in regaining independence during their hospital stay. You will work with Physiotherapists and the multidisciplinary team across wards to deliver rehabilitation and promote safe, timely discharge.

Able to encourage mobility and engagement in rehabilitation, you will play a key role in ensuring high-quality care and patient wellbeing within a large NHS trust.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience of relevant speciality.

Responsibilities

• Assist physiotherapists in treatment plans per defined protocols.
• Support implementation of treatment programmes for patients.
• Help improve patients’ quality of life, promoting independence.
• Facilitate appointments, transport, and ordering of equipment.
• Maintain hygiene and maintenance of department and equipment.

Skills

Previous experience in relevant role

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Physiotherapy Assistant to join our Care of the Elderly Physiotherapy Team at North Tyneside General Hospital.

This role is ideal for an individual who is passionate about supporting older adults to regain and maintain their independence during their hospital stay. You will work closely with Physiotherapists and the wider multidisciplinary team across a number of wards to deliver high-quality rehabilitation and promote safe, timely discharge from hospital.

The successful candidate will play a key role in encouraging mobility, physical activity and engagement in rehabilitation.

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.

Main duties of the job

• To be accountable to a specialist team leader and ultimately site manager.
• To work predominantly within an identified client group but be prepared to work flexibly across the service.

About us

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, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted: 30 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-8381337SA

Job locations: North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans.
• To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients.
• Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patients quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence.
• To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment.
• To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Professional Registration

Essential

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.

Experience and knowledge

Essential

• Previous experience of relevant speciality

Desirable

• Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care

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.

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Physiotherapy manager, Katy McKinney, [e-mail]

The closing date is 15 November 2026.