Advanced Physiotherapist

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting Band 7 opportunity has arisen to join the rehab medicine physiotherapy team at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. As an Advanced Physiotherapist in the medicine team, you will be responsible for ensuring the service is delivered to the highest standard, developing the rehabilitation service across this service area. The team covers the general medical wards at the FH, including specialties of renal and gastroenterology.

The Physiotherapy service works closely with the multi-disciplinary team and so you must be an excellent team worker as well as able to work autonomously. You will lead a small team of physiotherapists and physiotherapy support staff and will be supported by an operational lead with access to peer supervision from advanced physiotherapists within medicine and older person's medicine. This role would be ideal for those looking to step into a Band 7 post to gain leadership and service improvement experience.

• Interview Date: Thursday 24 April 2025
• 36 Hours/Week

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

As this is a team lead position, the successful applicant will undertake management responsibilities for the medicine physiotherapy team. This will include but not be limited to:

• Staff rostering
• Staff rotation planning
• Supervision of senior members of the team
• Regular teaching
• Staff support
• Multi-disciplinary working
• Involvement with quality improvement projects, audits etc.
• Attendance to relevant departmental meetings

Job responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a highly complex patient group in specialty
• To provide outpatient physiotherapy support for these patients in clinics and on the day units as applicable to role
• To provide an advisory service to patients, their families, physiotherapists, consultants, nursing staff, and other health care professionals in tertiary and secondary care, both locally and regionally
• To develop and provide specialist education and training to nursing, medical and physiotherapy staff and other members of the MDT in order to optimise each patient's outcome.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, 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

KNOWLEDGE

• Highly specialist knowledge of medical conditions relevant to the speciality and their impact on patient's functional abilities
• Highly specialist knowledge of the physiotherapy process and its application with the client group in the speciality
• Knowledge of undertaking research projects
• Knowledge of current NHS initiatives e.g. National Service Frameworks, Improving Working Lives

SKILLS

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others both formally and informally
• Good organisation, time management, problem-solving and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own practice
• IT Skills
• Specialist treatment skills relevant to clinical group

EXPERIENCE

• Extensive post-grad experience including considerable experience as a senior physiotherapist within specialty (Master's level equivalent)
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of teaching and delivering presentations
• Previous Band 7 experience
• Experience of carrying out audit projects

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree or equivalent Diploma in Physiotherapy
• State Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD and relevant post-graduate courses to MSc level
• Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Involvement with the relevant CSP Clinical Special Interest Group e.g. APCP

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders 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