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Advanced Physiotherapist
Closed for applications on: 2-Jul-2025 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 2-Jul-2025 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Town
- 317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Postcode
- NE1 4LP
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne and Wear
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30.75 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- 317 Physiotherapy
- Interview date
- 11/07/2025
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
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, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and innovative Band 7 Physiotherapist to work on a permanent basis within the Neurosciences team. This new role will be split across inpatients and outpatients and will have Team Lead responsibilities.
The Neuro Outpatients service is based at the Freeman and Cresta clinic. You will lead on delivering a highly specialist neuro physiotherapy service to a varying outpatient caseload. You will be responsible for the overall delivery, improvement and development of this service.
You will work as part of a specialist multi-disciplinary team that treats a variety of elective and emergency brain and spinal cord injuries. This is a varied and complex caseload and you will be expected to be a key leader supporting the overall management of these patients. The successful candidate will need to have extensive acute neurosurgical clinical experience to competently manage this patient group.
- Interview Date: 11th July 2025
- 30 hours and 45 minutes/ week
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- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a highly complex patient group in the specialty, performing advanced assessments, developing tailored rehabilitation programmes and utilising specialised techniques.
- To provide physiotherapy input for patients as in-patients, and in outpatient clinics.
- 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 to optimise each patient’s outcome and invest in the learning and development of people.
- To be responsible for own continued professional development.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As this is a new post, it is an excellent opportunity to support the physiotherapy teams with a varying and complex clinical caseload as part of the Regional Neuroscience Centre. There are existing peer support networks within the wider neurosciences team and the post-holder will be fully supported to integrate into these established physiotherapy teams and roles. Neuro-outpatients and spinal inpatients are both evolving services and the post-holder will be expected to lead in service improvement; it is therefore expected that the post-holder will have real-life experience of service improvement and leadership in action.
Job purpose
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a highly complex patient group.
- The role will include working across inpatient wards, there may also be a requirement to work within an outpatient setting.
- Participate in the physiotherapy department's respiratory on call rota following completion of an appropriate induction programme.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
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.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Knowledge of undertaking research projects
- Knowledge of current NHS initiatives e.g. National Service Frameworks, Improving Working Lives
SKILLS
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- IT Skills
- Specialist treatment skills relevant to clinical group
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Previous Band 7 experience
- Experience of carrying out audit projects
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
- State Registered with Health & Care Professions Council
- Evidence of CPD and relevant post-graduate courses to MSc level
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Involvement with the relevant CSP Clinical Special Interest Group e.g. APCP
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claudia Lowes
- Job title
- Physiotherapy Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2829100
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