Physiotherapy Assistant

Northumbria Group.; North Shields; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual leave and pension

Wellbeing hub access

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a motivated Physiotherapy Assistant (NHS AfC Band 3) to join the Care of the Elderly Physiotherapy Team at North Tyneside General Hospital, North Shields. The post is full time, permanent, 37.5 hours per week with weekend work required.

You will support physiotherapists and the multidisciplinary team on multiple wards, helping patients regain mobility and independence during their hospital stay.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care.

Responsibilities

• To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols andtreatment plans.
• To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes forindividual patients or groups of patients.
• Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patient’s 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.

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Job description

Main area Physiotherapy Assistant Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Weekend working will be required in this post) Job ref 319-8381337SA

Site North Tyneside General Hospital Town North Shields Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). 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 and, this is…the Northumbria Way!

What the Northumbria Way means for you

• Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
• Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
• A range of flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
• Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
• Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank

We work closely with Kids First Nurseries that are based within our trust grounds at Wansbeck, North Tyneside and Hexham hospitals to care for our Trust family's children, they offer care for children from 6 weeks old up to 4 years. There are a number of funding options run by the government to help working parents, including Early Years Funding and Tax Free Childcare.

Flexible working offers choice in where, when, and how we work, ensuring patients remain at the heart of all we do. It’s open to everyone, and we aim to find solutions that work for both you and the organisation. All arrangements must be reasonable and balanced to maintain safe and effective patient care.

We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.

We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.

Whilst Northumbria Healthcare are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job overview

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 Physiotherapistsand 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 acrossthe service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols andtreatment plans.
• To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes forindividual patients or groups of patients.
• Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patient’s 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.

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience.

Experience and knowledge

• Previous experience of relevant speciality
• Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care

Applicants who are members of the Armed Forces, those who have a disability that requires support in the work place (two ticks pledge) and those who have been looked after by the care system as a child or young person (for example, in foster care, children's homes, kinship or local authority care) who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed under the Trust's interview guarantee scheme.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME people are currently under-represented in our workforce as well as other under-represented groups such as LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, we have a Gold award from the Defense Recognition Scheme, and we are delighted to support Apprenticeships, Age Posi+ive and are a mindful employer.

Applicants who meet the Fit and Proper Person Requirements (FPPR) will require additional pre-employment checks in line with CQC and NHS England statutory guidance.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust proudly hold a sponsor licence. In order to provide sponsorship you and the role you are applying for must meet UKVI eligibility requirements. Please check your eligibility prior to submitting an application. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Katy McKinney Job title Principal Physiotherapy manager Email address [e-mail]