Senior Physiotherapist

Job overview

We are looking for a suitably experienced Physiotherapist to join our Older Person's Medicine Team, joining our band 6 rotation to cover caseload on the OPM wards either at the Royal Victoria Infirmary or the Freeman Hospital.  The successful applicant will be encouraged to participate in audit projects and be part of a senior network for peer support and professional development and will also contribute to the training of junior physiotherapists, assistant staff and students on placement.

 This will provide an opportunity for staff who would like to gain experience at a Band 6 level on acute and rehab older person's medicine wards as well as the opportunity to rotate through our day unit service and front of house in assessment suite, working in a supportive and friendly team and is suitable for a new or established Band 6 who would like the opportunity to focus on rehabilitation and develop this aspect of the service within medicine.

• Interview date: 26th June 2024
• 37 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.

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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 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.

Main duties include; 

• assessing and encouraging mobility
• progressing rehabilitation programmes
• working alongside the MDT for planning discharge
• referring onward to community based services as required
• relevant education of MDT and physiotherapy team
• supervising rotational physiotherapists, associate practitioners and technical instructors within the team
• assessment and treatment of any respiratory patients on wards

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.