Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our dynamic physiotherapy team in North Tyneside, specialising in falls prevention and vestibular rehabilitation.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals with balance disorders, dizziness, and complex falls risk. You will be based in the Jubilee Day Hospital and work across community and outpatient settings, supporting patients to maintain independence and reduce the risk of injury.

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

• Manage a specialist caseload of patients with falls risk, dizziness, and vestibular disorders.
• Deliver evidence-based assessment and treatment for vestibular dysfunction, including BPPV and dizziness.
• Lead and contribute to multifactorial falls assessments and interventions.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, including nursing, and medical colleagues.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff and students.
• Develop and deliver group programmes for falls prevention and balance rehabilitation.
• Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.

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.

Job responsibilities

• To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
• To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services.
• To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
• To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist 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.

Person Specification - Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
• Member of the Health Professionals Council
• Recognised qualification and experience in the supervision of undergraduate students.
• Student training qualification

Desirable

• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Working towards Masters level or equivalent accredited courses within chosen speciality e.g. Action Research, McKenzie accredited practitioner, Injection Diploma, Continence Diploma, Accredited Respiratory Care Management.
• Leadership training e.g. LEO/ILM
• Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification

Person Specification - Experience and knowledge
Essential

• Varied experience in the assessment and management of complex conditions.
• Substantial post graduate experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other Requirements

• You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

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.

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.