Senior Physiotherapist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS teaching hospital trust in England is seeking an experienced Senior Physiotherapist to join its Neuroscience Out-Patient Physiotherapy team. The candidate will manage patients with neurological conditions and mentor junior staff. This role includes development opportunities in clinical and leadership skills with a supportive team environment. A commitment to professional development and participation in audit and research is expected. Salary range is £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programme

Mentorship available

Participation in CPD through workshops

Qualifications

• Significant postgraduate experience in physiological treatments.
• Must be registered with HCPC.
• Experience working within the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage patient treatments for neurological conditions.
• Mentorship and supervision of junior staff.
• Participate in clinical education for students.

Skills

Experience of working with patients with neurological conditions

Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards

Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice

Evidence of audit and research

Education

BSc or Diploma in appropriate profession

HCPC registration

Post-graduate qualification/training (willing to pursue)

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist

The closing date is 04 January 2026

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Neuroscience Out-Patient Physiotherapy team. The post holder will be employed as a Senior Physiotherapist and will have the opportunity to advance their knowledge and experience managing out patients with neurological conditions.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North Yorkshire Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, The James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital is a major trauma centre and provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracic, vascular surgery and cancer services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work across both The James Cook University Hospital and Redcar Primary Care Hospital which have well-established, large, progressive and dynamic Physiotherapy Services that continue to develop and grow with the Trust.

The team is friendly and supportive and mentorship for this role will be available from the Senior Specialist Physiotherapists and Therapy Service Lead.

This post offers development in clinical and leadership skills. We have a comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their CPD through workshops and clinical supervision. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will be encouraged to develop your skills and to supervise assistants and more junior staff and be involved in the clinical education of students.

This post is suitable for Physiotherapists with significant postgraduate experience and an interest in neurological physiotherapy enabling them to build on their core skills developed as a physiotherapist.

About us

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

• Your Leadership Impact
• Leading your Team to Success
• Leading Into the Future
• Service Improvement for Beginners
• Developing your Service Improvement Skills
• Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitsize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working with patients with neurological conditions
• Experience working within the NHS

Qualifications & Training

• BSc or Diploma in appropriate profession
• HCPC registration
• Achieved or willing to work towards relevant Post‑graduate qualification/training

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards
• Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice in a broad range of clinical areas.
• Evidence of audit and research

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)