Job summary
The Specialist Sarcoma Service at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional centre for Bone and Soft Tissue Service, proving the highest level of expertise and specialist care for adults and children.

This role has an Orthopaedics focus and will work as part of the MDT following patients from diagnosis through their initial and continuing care.

We will provide you with training to support you both clinically and leading innovative and dynamic change, embracing the Quality Improvement focus of NUTH.

You will have peer support from within the Orthopaedics Team, and have the opportunity to expand skills through collaborative working with paediatrics and plastics.

The role includes a Friday; other days can be negotiated.

• Interview Date Wednesday 05 August 2026
• 22 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
• NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Details
Date posted: 03 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 317-2026-20-50-DR-A
Job locations: Trustwide

Main duties of the job

• The role will have a variety of clinical settings: outpatient, inpatient, and telephone reviews.
• The collection and analysis of outcome measure data, presenting this to wider clinical and business colleagues.
• Supporting and educating colleagues, patients, and family / carers.

About us
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

Job responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a highly complex patient group in specialty
• To provide physiotherapy support for patients as in-patients, in outpatient clinics and on the day units as applicable to role
• To provide an advisory service to patients, their families, physiotherapists, consultants, nursing staff and other health care professionals in tertiary and secondary care, both locally and regionally.
• To develop and provide specialist education and training to nursing, medical and physiotherapy staff and any other members of the MDT in order to optimise each patients outcome and invest in the learning and development of people.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
• State Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD and relevant post-graduate courses to MSc level

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Extensive post-grad experience including considerable experience as a senior physiotherapist within specialty (Master's level equivalent).
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of teaching and delivering presentations
• Highly specialist knowledge of medical conditions relevant to the speciality and their impact on patient's functional abilities.
• Highly specialist knowledge of the physiotherapy process and its application with the client group in the speciality

Desirable

• Knowledge of undertaking research projects
• Knowledge of current NHS initiatives
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Involvement with the relevant CSP Clinical Special Interest Group e.g. APCP
• Previous Band 7 experience
• Experience of carrying out audit projects

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others both formally and informally.
• Good organisation, time management, problem-solving and prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own practice

Desirable

• IT Skills
• Specialist treatment skills relevant to clinical group

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Operational Lead - MSK Physiotherapy
Lucy Wheater
lucy.wheater@nhs.net
01919177308