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Specialist Senior Physiotherapist
The closing date is 29 August 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Physiotherapist with a specialist interest in persistent physical symptoms and their management. Ideal for an enthusiastic candidate with significant experience in musculoskeletal and persistent pain physiotherapy services.
The successful candidate will be at the forefront of the service, working alongside the existing Specialist Psychology team in delivering comprehensive individual and joint assessments, treatments in a highly specialised physiotherapy clinic, exercise programmes, and joint delivery of our pain management program. The role will be based at North Tyneside Hospital but with potential to work Trust-wide.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
All interviews will be held face-to-face.
Main duties of the job
You will provide specialist physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment for patients with diverse, complex, persistent pain symptoms. In doing so you will demonstrate your experience in all aspects of supporting patients with persistent pain, committed to following best practice and promotion of high-quality services.
You will be responsible for your own caseload, working without direct supervision. This will be variable, and patients are assessed and treated in both 1:1 and group settings. You will have demonstrable leadership qualities, excellent communication and time management skills with proven abilities to build networks across sites and disciplines.
You will take a lead role in teaching, supervising, and appraising peers and student physiotherapists within the outpatient setting. You will deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required and contribute to the running and development of the service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practices and current research.
Clinical support for the post will come from within Pain Services and profession specific support will be available via the Physiotherapy Service. As a non-rotational physiotherapist, act as a link person in the day to day running of the area of specialty, liaising with other professional team members.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
* To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
* To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
* To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
* To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services
* To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
* To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.
* 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 other(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement.(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
* Member of the Health Professionals Council
* Recognised qualification and experience in the supervision of undergraduate students.
* Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
* Working towards Masters level or equivalent accredited courses within chosen speciality e.g. Action Research, McKenzie accredited practitioner, Injection Diploma, Continence Diploma, Accredited Respiratory Care Management.
* Leadership training e.g. LEO/ILM
Experience and knowledge
* Varied experience in the assessment and management of complex conditions.
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
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.
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