Specialist Physiotherapist
Company: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Job ID: C9319-26-1044

The closing date is 18 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our inpatient Care of the Elderly team at North Tyneside General Hospital on a fixed-term basis. This static Band 6 role offers the opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, patient-centred rehabilitation and discharge planning for older adults across a number of wards.

As a minimum, applicants must be able to demonstrate experience at Band 5 Physiotherapist or higher in the core areas of practice: Orthopaedics/MSK, Neurology/Elderly care, and Respiratory.

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.

All interviews will be held face to face.

Main duties of the job
This will be a static post and role in elderly care outpatient setting.

• To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload.
• To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
• 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.

About us
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 isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details
Date posted: 04 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 319-8382767AZ
Job locations: North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations.
• Competent to assess and treat an independent caseload
• Awareness of relevant Department of Health initiatives and National Service Frameworks relating to clinical guidelines
• To consolidate post graduate skills and enhance more specialist skills and knowledge developing towards Specialist Senior Physiotherapist.

For further details please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Student training qualification provided by University

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: North Tyneside General Hospital, Rake Lane, North Shields, NE29 8NH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Contact
Principal Physiotherapist: Katy McKinney, katy.mckinney@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk, 07702617286

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