Specialist Physiotherapist

Northumbria Group.; Ashington, North Tyneside, Cramlington, Hexham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing programme

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and pension

Lease car and home electronics scheme

Professional training programmes

Salary sacrifice with savings

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Physiotherapist in a rotational role across Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Elderly Care, Neurology and Respiratory. The post is based at multiple sites including Wansbeck General Hospital and North Tyneside/Hexham hospitals.

The role requires seven-day and Bank Holiday inpatient rotation with a respiratory service on-call element. Fixed-term/secondment options apply, with a 9-month contract and full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Physiotherapist in NHS settings and rotations.
• Ability to contribute to respiratory, neurology and adults’ care in rotation.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and CPD activities.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload within Physiotherapy rotations.
• Work as part of the physiotherapy team under supervision of senior staff.
• Provide high-standard physiotherapy care and contribute to student education.

Skills

Coaching and mentoring

Driving licence

NHS rotations experience

Education

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Job description

Main area Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist - Rotational Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 9 months (Fixed term/ secondment opportunity considered) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours per week) Job ref 319-8384632SA

Site Wansbeck General Hospital Town Ashington Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 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

We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The post is a general rotation, which includes Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Care of the older person, Neurology and Respiratory.

The successful applicant will join our friendly teams and work between North Tyneside General Hospital, Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital at Cramlington, Wansbeck General Hospital, Hexham General Hospital and a range of rehabilitation units across the trust.

The successful candidate will be required to participate in the seven-day working and Bank Holiday rota for inpatient services.

The successful candidate will also be required to contribute to the respiratory service at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care hospital. This includes an evening on call rota.

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.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be able to demonstrate experience as a Physiotherapist in orthopaedics, elderly care, Neurology and respiratory. We have a physiotherapy led NIV service, therefore NIV experience would be advantageous.

Working for our organisation

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’s not, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload within the specialities
• To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care in each rotation
• Contribute to student education
• To support the day-to-day leadership and organisation of the team
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

Qualifications / Professional Registration

• BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification
• Registered Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of continued professional development through self directed learning, in-service training record and attendance at relevant short post graduate courses
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Student training qualification provided by University

Experience and knowledge

• Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations within the NHS
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other requirements

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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