The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Physiotherapist
The closing date is 10 June 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated Discharge Team (IDT), for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Physiotherapist to work in the IDT. You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team of experienced physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurse specialists, associate practitioners, support workers and administrative staff.
This post requires the applicant to have significant experience at band 5 or experience at band 6 working with multidisciplinary teams within the hospital or community services.
You will be expected to work autonomously within both the hospital and community settings assessing, managing, and treating patients, with the aim of preventing admission to hospital, facilitating timely and safe discharges and reviewing patients within the community.
You will be expected to work between the office base, Freeman Hospital, RVI as well as visit patients within their own homes.
The service works over 7 days, from 8am and 6pm with weekend and bank holiday commitments.
A car owner/driver is essential with access to a vehicle for work purposes. As is holding a full UK driving licence.
Candidates are welcome to meet the team for more information.
* 37 hours 30 minutes/week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The key objectives in this role are:
* The role would suit an individual who enjoys variety through their week and contributing to a team approach to discharge planning.
* The post holder will have an attention for detail and bring skills of rehabilitation and assessment into their caseload management.
* Carry out admission preventing/proactive discharge planning at Front of House including working with our FOH frailty team, which involves the Assessment Suite and the Emergency department at the RVI with the aim of preventing admissions and/or reducing their Length of stay.
* Timely and safe discharge planning for Discharge To Assess (D2A) hospital discharges from Freeman Hospital and RVI, including D2A visits and community follow-up visits as required.
* To assess and engage patients in the community, to attain optimum levels of safety, independence, health and wellbeing.
* Work in our trust intermediate care service to support transition and rehabilitation.
About us
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.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
* Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
* Freeman Hospital
* Newcastle Dental Hospital
* Newcastle Fertility Centre
* Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
* Northern Genetics Service
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.
Job responsibilities
* To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to a complex patient group of older people and intermediate care client group, including orthopaedics.
* To consolidate and build on skills and academic knowledge gained during the first two years post graduation.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
* Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
* HCPC registration
* Current Full UK driving licence
Knowledge & Experience
* Comprehensive post registration experience as a junior Physiotherapist in NHS
* Community working and lone working experience
* Working as part of an MDT
* Advanced knowledge of a range of medical conditions and conditions associated with older people and their impact on functional abilities
* Sound knowledge of physio process
* Knowledge and experience of applying rehabilitation/Reablement models of intervention
* Working with carers; instruction, advice, support
* Risk assessment and management experience
* Commitment to client centred practice for older people
* Delegation to Support Staff
* Awareness of challenges associated with community working
* Knowledge of best practice related to older people/intermediate care
* Experience of musculoskeletal orthopaedics
Skills & Abilities
* Able to meet the physical demands of the post including wheelchairs, hoists, therapeutic moving and handling of patients
* Effective written and oral communication skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offences 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.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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