Physiotherapy Assistant

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in North Shields is seeking a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team member to manage clinical caseloads and support patients through defined treatment protocols. This role requires flexibility and teamwork to assist qualified physiotherapists while ensuring the maintenance of equipment and standards of care. The ideal candidate will help coordinate patient appointments and facilitate treatments, all within an established clinical environment. Join us in delivering high-quality patient care within the community.

Responsibilities

• Accountable to a specialist team leader and site manager.
• Work flexibly across the service and with identified client groups.
• Assist physiotherapists in treatment using defined protocols.
• Manage own caseload of non-complex patients.
• Issue walking aids and off-the-shelf splints.
• Coordinate appointments, transport, and equipment orders.
• Maintain hygiene and upkeep of the department and equipment.

Job description

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy team within NTIMS (North Tyneside Intermediate Musculoskeletal Service) based within Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Providing care for the patients within the region the successful candidate will be expected to support the running of the department whilst managing a clinical caseload with qualified Physiotherapy support alongside exercise classes and group sessions on a regular basis.

Clinics are based at primarily at North Tyneside General hospital but may involve working at other sites both within and external to the Trust within North Tyneside.

NTIMS is a partnership provider with Cora Healthcare, the successful candidate will be employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy), as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• To manage own caseload of non-complex patients, with support from qualified Physiotherapists to progress treatments appropriately
• To be competent in issuing walking aids and off the shelf splints
• To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment
• To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Jan 2026