Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Virtual Wards
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (from date of appointment)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-19-009
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Regent Point
- Town
- 317 Regent Point
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/06/2025
Employer heading
Senior Physiotherapist
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our dynamic and supportive Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Frailty Virtual Ward (FVW) teams based at Regent Point. This is a fixed-term post for a duration of 24 months from the date of commencement, offering the chance to work within a multi-disciplinary environment committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
The service operates from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, seven days a week. We are happy to consider flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance. You will be well supported by a team of experienced, dedicated, and compassionate professionals who are committed to delivering excellence in community care
Please note: A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role.
- Interview Date Wednesday 25 June 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
- To conduct timely and proactive assessments of patients requiring an urgent response within two hours of referral.
- To provide short-term rehabilitation and follow-up care to support patients’ recovery and prevent deterioration.
- To assess and engage with frail patients within the Frailty Virtual Ward, supporting them to achieve optimal levels of safety, independence, health, and wellbeing.
- To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide optimum care to patients.
- To maintain frail patients safely at home through comprehensive risk assessments and risk management strategies, with the aim of avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions.
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
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.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main 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
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- • Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
- • HCPC registration
- • Current UK driving licence
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • 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
- • Critical decision making
- • 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
Desirable criteria
- • Awareness of challenges associated with community working
- • Knowledge of best practice related to older people/intermediate care
- • Experience of musculoskeletal orthopaedics
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- • IT skills
- • Able to meet the physical demands of the post including wheelchairs, hoists, therapeutic moving and handling of patients
- • Effective written and oral communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Hanmore
- Job title
- Nurse Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07720157569
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