NHSCloses in 6 days

Specialist Physiotherapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

North Shields, NE29 8NHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

18 November 2026

6 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Physiotherapist to join our inpatient Care of the Elderly team at North Tyneside General Hospita...

This will be a static post and role in elderly care outpatient setting.

  • To assess, diagnose and treat an independent clinical caseload.
  • To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the guidance and support of more experienced highly specialist senior physiotherapy staff.
  • 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 andcollaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

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 / Professional Registration

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

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

4 November 2026

Last checked

6 November 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

NHN
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

NHS organisation

This listing was structured from NHS Jobs. Vacancy details and the application process remain the responsibility of the original source.

We would like to set one optional cookie that recognises your browser when you come back, so we can tell returning visitors from new ones. It stays off unless you say yes, and you can change your mind at any time. Cookies that keep you signed in are always on. Read our cookie policy