Senior Physiotherapist - Older People's Medicine

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed physiotherapist to join the Older Person’s Medicine Physiotherapy team based between the RVI and Freeman Hospital.  This is a permanent rotational post.  Rotational areas include front of house, older persons medicine wards at RVI and Freeman, orthopaedic rehabilitation ward and day units.  The team works closely with OT, nursing and medical colleagues and this post would be supported by experienced Band 7 Physiotherapists across the Older Person’s Medicine wards and work closely, when appropriate, with the Integrated Falls and Day Units Band 7s as well as a Clinical Specialist in Frailty.

There is opportunity for supervision and mentorship of students, band 2 – 4s and band 5 rotational physiotherapists

• Interview date: Tuesday 8 July 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

Close working relationships are essential across the team and the successful applicant would need to be flexible and a good team worker, as well as maintaining the vision of delivering the highest standards of physiotherapy care to the patients within their remit

The post holder will be part of a senior network for peer support and professional development and will also contribute to the training of band 5 physiotherapists, assistant staff and students on placement.

There is opportunity to be involved in service development and encouragement and support will be given to enable a project or audit to be undertaken during each rotation

You will be required to work as part of the OPM weekend rota and respiratory night on call rota.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to a complex patient group on Older People’s Medicine.

Senior posts are designed to consolidate and build on skills and academic knowledge gained during the first two years post graduation allowing the physiotherapist an opportunity to spend longer in specific areas of work enabling further development of more specialist clinical and managerial competencies.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

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.