Job Title: Therapist – Postural Management and Wheelchairs Grade: Band 6 Trust: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Locations: Unit 7, Queens Park, Queensway, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 0QD Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Sunday 08:30 – 16:30 Pay rate: £20.88 per hour (exc WTD) An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and innovative physiotherapist to join the Gateshead wheelchair service at South Tyneside and Sunderland Hospitals. The post holder will perform specialist postural management and wheelchair assessments for individual’s using a person-centred approach and ensuring high standards of care are provided. Role Details: * To manage and prioritise a case load of patients with a variety of complex conditions. * Carry out simple and complex assessments as appropriate. * Plan and implement specialist interventions in partnership with the individual and carer and in consultation with colleagues * To meet the postural and wheelchair needs of individuals referred and to develop, monitor and review plans to meet their needs * To meet the postural and wheelchair needs of individuals referred and to develop, monitor and review plans to meet their needs * To formulate and implement plans using clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills such as; Full functional assessment and analysis of the individual’s physical pre...