Specialist Physiotherapist
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Hexham, NE46 1QJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 October 2026
9 days leftJob description
We have an exciting opportunity for a physiotherapist to work at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be based between Hexham Ge...
- Accountable to the Team Leader and ultimately Clinical Manager.
- 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 promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
- To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload within the specialities
- To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
- To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care.
- 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.
- Contribute to student education. Student educator status is desirable.
- To support the day-to-day leadership and organisation of the team
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.
Qualifications
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
Experience
Essential: - Candidates should have completed their post graduate core rotations
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
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
14 October 2026
Last checked
16 October 2026
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