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317 Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
317-2025-44-22-DR-VA1
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Town
317 02 Royal Victoria Infirmary
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/11/2025 23:59
Interview date
25/11/2025

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Physiotherapy Technical Instructor

Band 3

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 Band 3 Physiotherapy Technical Instructor to join the Hands, Burns, and Plastics team at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.  The successful applicant will work alongside a team of Physiotherapists on the wards and in clinics, delivering exercises as prescribed by the Physiotherapist, progressing mobility and promoting exercise.  The post holder will demonstrate an ability to work independently when required and prioritise their own caseload.

  • Interview Date: 25 November 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

The successful applicant will have had relevant experience as a  Physiotherapy Assistant or Technical Instructor within an appropriate field and bring skills including, effective team working, highly developed communication, IT and moving and handling skills.  Attributes will include being flexible, honest, reliable and willing to learn. 

Working for our organisation

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.

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

  • Under the supervision of a registered Physiotherapist the Technical Instructor will independently manage a designated caseload of patients, defined as noncomplex, within a specified clinical area, providing assessment and interventions on behalf of the physiotherapist within predetermined guidelines.
  • All patients will have an initial assessment carried out by a state registered physiotherapist.

 

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • Good standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent including Maths and English
  • Technical qualification e.g. NVQ Level III Diagnostic and Previous experience of working as a therapy assistant
  • Current driving licence
Desirable criteria
  • Associate Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Therapeutic Care or equivalent technical/work experience
  • An appreciation of the principles of physiotherapy practices and procedures
  • An understanding of manual handling principles
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with individuals with a physical disability e g mobility problems

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to reflect and appraise own performance
  • Ability to take responsibility within agreed protocols
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Able to cope with physical demands of post including using wheelchairs and hoists and the therapeutic moving and handling of patients
Desirable criteria
  • IT Skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly Employer

Applicant requirements

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Fiona Spruce
Job title
Team Lead Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0191 2826830
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