# Senior Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist/0a8e1d31-0458-4a7d-8d7b-f47755019be8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist/0a8e1d31-0458-4a7d-8d7b-f47755019be8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** 317 Trustwide - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-03T13:10:38.327Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8202099 - **Employer website:** https://www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We're looking for a Physiotherapist to join our friendly, supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a forward-thinking environment where you can make a real difference to people’s lives. Working as part of a newly established multi-disciplinary, Integrated Mobile Therapy Team (IMTT), you will be working with people who are living in short term placements in any of our 46 residential and nursing homes, to oversee the delivery of proactive short term rehabilitation support with the aim of helping people return home as soon as possible. We recognize people leaving hospital or unwell at home can have illness acuity and complexity that requires robust interdisciplinary support. We know that without rehabilitative support, a proportion of those people who, because they lose confidence, skills and functional ability, may not be able to return or remain at home. - Interview Date Thursday 03 September 2026 - 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 You'll work autonomously and as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, which includes occupational therapists, physiotherapists and physical activity officers. Your role will include carrying out comprehensive assessments within the care setting, and developing individual rehabilitation plans for the client. Working closely with the activity officers to implement the rehabilitation programme You will be required to assess the possibility for the client to return to their permanent place of residence and provide facilitated discharges from the care setting. You will be responsible for providing equipment within their own homes or providing advice on suitable equipment required in the care setting should the client be unable to return home. You will also be responsible for providing minor adaptations within the property and leasing with the Local Authority team regarding major adaptations. You will ensure that you work within the OT professional standards within all areas of your work including appropriate note keeping, communication with other professions and organisations. You will be working collaboratively with the social services. The IMTT will be managed by the OT Manager at the ASCP Front of House MDT, but all professional support, training, CPD and supervision will be provided by the Community Resource and Rehabilitation Team staff. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Our team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Physical Activity Officers will deliver a multi-disciplined, responsive service, focused on “Home First” principles that helps people regain skills and confidence so that they can return home, as we move towards an enhanced neighbourhood health model. This front facing position offers the opportunity to make a real impact at the first point of contact, supporting strengths-based approaches and ensuring timely, appropriate care pathways for adults across a wide range of presentations, including falls, frailty, long-term conditions and hospital discharges. - 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 ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Abilities **Essential** - - 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 ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - - 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** - - Awareness of challenges associated with community working - - Knowledge of best practice related to older people/intermediate care - - Experience of musculoskeletal orthopaedics ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - - Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy - - HCPC registration - - Current UK driving licence ## Documents - [jd & ps (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10508166) - [newcastle staff benefits (pdf, 274.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2721) - [behaviour and civility charter (pdf, 93.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2922) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.