Senior Physiotherapist - Respiratory

Freeman Hospital; Carthage (MO); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Chartered Physiotherapist to join the Senior Physiotherapist - Respiratory rotation (Band 6). The role covers multiple clinical areas across the Trust, including Respiratory, Cardiothoracic ITU/HDU, and Acute Medicine with NIV exposure.

The post involves seven-day working on a rotas basis, on-call commitments, and a strong emphasis on CPD and professional development. Interviews are scheduled for 17 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Chartered Physiotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Experience in NHS rotational post.
• Commitment to CPD and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard physiotherapy care to complex patients on rotation.
• Participate in Senior Physiotherapy respiratory rotational scheme across the Trust.
• Contribute to quality improvement and service development.

Skills

Respiratory care

NIV expertise

Time management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

HCPC registration

Job description

• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Specialist treatment skills e.g. NIV

Employer heading Senior Physiotherapist - Respiratory Band 6 Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion. With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country. As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview We are looking for a suitably experienced Physiotherapist to join our well established Band 6 Respiratory Rotation. The rotation has been developed for staff who have identified that the field of respiratory care is the area in which they wish to specialise. Staff rotate annually, allowing the development of expertise in a variety of Trust-wide clinical areas, including

Critical Care - Vascular Surgery and Upper GI/HPB surgery, Burns, Neuro trauma

Cardiothoracic Unit - including Cardiothoracic ITU, HDU, Heart and Lung transplantation and the LVAD programme

Acute Medicine – offering experience in Non-Invasive Ventilation, inpatient/outpatient management of Adult

Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

There is a well-established in-service training programme across all respiratory specialties. The successful applicant will be encouraged to participate in quality improvement, and service development.

• Interview Date Tuesday 17 November 2026
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE Main duties of the job

• Applicants should be Chartered Physiotherapists with HCPC registration, have experience as a Physiotherapist in the NHS in a rotational post providing a broad range of experience across the core areas of physiotherapy, including respiratory and be able to provide evidence of a commitment to CPD.
• Good time management and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure are also essential requirements of this post.
• There is an on-call commitment with this post and you will be required to work on a rota pattern to support seven day working.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a complex patient group on each rotation.
• To participate in the Senior Physiotherapy respiratory rotational scheme, which involves working across the Trust in a range of clinical settings some of which are regional specialities.
• Senior rotational posts are designed to consolidate and build on skills and academic knowledge gained during the first two years post graduation allowing the physiotherapist an opportunity to spend longer in specific areas of work enabling further development of more specialist clinical and managerial competencies.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Advanced knowledge of a range of medical conditions and their impact on patient’s functional abilities
• Sound knowledge of the physiotherapy process

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of undertaking research and audit projects
• Knowledge of current NHS issues e.g. NSFs Improving Working Lives

Skills

Essential criteria

• Organisation and time management skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Commitment to personal and service development
• Ability to present information, written and orally in a clear and logical manner

Desirable criteria

• IT Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Specialist treatment skills e.g. NIV

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience as a physiotherapist in an NHS in a rotational post providing a broad range of experience across the core areas of physiotherapy including respiratory
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience in a senior rotational scheme

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
• State Registered with Health & Care Professions Council

Desirable criteria

• Member of Chartered Society Of Physiotherapists
• Involvement in the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC)

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and 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 of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Documents to download

• JD&PS (PDF, 213.6KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name Jen Glennie Job title Physiotherapy Operational Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01912829419