Job summary
It is an exciting time to join us here at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) as we continue to develop and invest in our services as well as our staff. CNTW is a forward thinking Trust with a lot of opportunities.

Do you want to be part of changing mental health for the future? Are you passionate about improving things for the next generation and influencing the future? Are you seeking a new challenge and a unique opportunity to develop your career in Mental Health Physiotherapy? Could you bring your experience to the NHS and make a real difference?

Main duties of the job
This is your chance to make a real difference to people living with complex, enduring mental health conditions who are experiencing acute, long term mental health problems within our inpatient rehabilitation services in Newcastle upon Tyne.

You will be a highly skilled and knowledgeable team player who is able to think holistically and creatively in order to deliver specialist assessment and management and physiotherapy service provision for service users who have a variety of complex physiotherapy needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health, learning disabilities and /or neurological conditions, alongside our multi-disciplinary team.

Alongside the clinical leads and other colleagues, you will undertake the service development and implementation of evidence based core pathways within our inpatient rehabilitation service. Using research, innovation, and quality improvement.

About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Details
Date posted: 14 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 263-ICG26-054-JW-A
Closing date: 9 November 2026

Person Specification
Education and Qualification

• Essential: Recognised Physiotherapy Degree Qualification or Equivalent
• Essential: State registered with HCPC
• Essential: Further relevant post qualifying training.
• Desirable: Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
• Essential: Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Essential: Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
• Essential: Experience of providing Physiotherapy services.
• Essential: Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and CSP standards and other local and national initiatives
• Essential: Experience of supervising students / non registered staff
• Essential: Awareness of equal opportunities legislation and policies
• Desirable: Knowledge of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
• Desirable: Clinical experience relevant to this role
• Desirable: Knowledge of audit, research and evaluation

Skills and Competencies

• Essential: Skills in a range of appropriate standardised and informal assessments
• Essential: Proven ability to communicate effectively within multi-agency teams
• Essential: Highly developed communication skills
• Essential: Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions
• Essential: Risk Assessment/management skills
• Essential: Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Desirable: Clinical Leadership. Training and Induction of staff.
• Desirable: Delegation skills.
• Desirable: Debriefing skills.
• Desirable: Teaching/Presentation skills.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3XT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: AHP AD Central Inpatients, Heather Tongue, heather.tongue@cntw.nhs.uk

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