Senior Physiotherapist (SPCT)

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is hiring a Senior Physiotherapist to join the Community Specialist Palliative Care Therapy Team. The role involves collaboration with various healthcare professionals to enhance patient care in Middlesbrough and surrounding areas. Successful candidates will benefit from training in clinical and leadership skills, and will support palliative patients throughout the community. A vehicle is required for this role, and competitive salaries starting from £38,682 to £46,580 are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programme

Professional development opportunities

Support for CPD through workshops

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in physiotherapy assessment and management of palliative patients.
• Post graduate clinical experience across various specialties.
• Evidence of working within community Therapy services in the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Occupational Therapy, nursing, psychologist, and consultants.
• Participate in audit and research.
• Support patients at home and provide a seamless pathway for palliative care.

Skills

Highly specialist clinical knowledge in Palliative care

Effective communication skills

IT and system skills

Teaching skills to professionals

Ability to work independently and in a team

Education

Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy

Registered as fit to practice by HCPC

Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training in palliative care

Job description

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Physiotherapist (SPCT)

The closing date is 01 January 2026

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Physiotherapist to join our Community Specialist Palliative Care Therapy Team (SPCT) working in Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland.

The post holder will be employed as a Senior Physiotherapist working collaboratively in an integrated team with Occupational Therapy, nursing, psychologist and consultant.

This post offers development in clinical and leadership skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses. We have an established comprehensive training programme and our staff are encouraged and supported in their CPD through workshops, clinical supervision and the appraisal process. There is also an expectation to actively participate in audit and research and the Hospital has close links with both the University of Teesside and Durham University.

Main duties of the job

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, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals and community services.

Therapy services at South Tees NHS trust are also part of the wider Integrated OT service. This is a unique partnership between Health and Social care in South Tees with a commitment to working together, improving the quality of our services and getting rid of existing barriers between health and social services.

The post holder will be expected to have experience in the Physiotherapy assessment and management of palliative patients and have gained experience across a variety of specialties, including rehab provision in the community.

The ability to travel independently throughout the communities is also an essential part of this post as you will need to support patients at home.

You will also work closely with the acute palliative Therapy team based at James Cook University Hospital as well as the Hospice Therapy team, community therapy and Social care OTs to provide a seamless pathway for the palliative patient journey.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role

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 bitesize 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

Qualifications & Training

• To hold a Diploma or Degree awarded by professional body (Physiotherapy)
• Registered as fit to practice as a Physio by professional body, e.g. HCPC
• Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development relevant to palliative care

Knowledge and Skills

• Demonstrates a highly specialist clinical knowledge and skills relevant to Palliative care
• Knowledge of relevant national guidelines and standards for palliative patients
• To display effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to others
• Demonstrates an ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Demonstrates competent IT and system skills
• Demonstrates evidence of teaching skills to a range of professionals

Experience

• Evidence of post graduate clinical experience as a Physio across various specialities
• Evidence of working within community Therapy services within the NHS
• Evidence of audit and participation in service development
• Evidence of post graduate experience working with patients who are palliative.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work across professional boundaries working with multiple teams of healthcare professionals in more than one location

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)