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Specialist Senior Physiotherapist
| Posting date: | 01 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2025 |
| Location: | Ashington, NE639JJ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7152983/319-7152983MH |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to work in JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service) our First Contact Musculoskeletal team. Ideal for enthusiastic, skilled, staff who have evidence of significant experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy including post-operative care. Completion of the First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal) Roadmap would be desirable.
The post may require assessment centre or psychometric testing.
Please note: The vacancy may be closed before the closing date if there are a high number of applicants. All interviews will be face to face.
Successful applicants will provide musculoskeletal physiotherapy (including post-operative physiotherapy) in JMAPS and may also provide cover in First Contact Practitioner clinics within Northumberland. The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions who have self-referred or who have been referred by primary or secondary care. The post holder will be expected to provide telephone consultations.
JMAPS provides physiotherapy across Northumberland including Berwick Infirmary, Alnwick Infirmary, Wansbeck General Hospital ,Blyth Hospital, Hexham hospital and some GP practices and Health Centres in between. The post will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital but there may be a requirement to work at other sites, according to service needs.
We have strong links with the Northumbria Orthopaedic team & the successful applicant must demonstrate excellent communication skills with MDT and peers. Applicants should have experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical supervision to colleagues..
Applicants must provide evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in further service development
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
• To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
• To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services
• To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
• To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
• This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which
• (a) engages, enables and empowers others
• (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality
improvement
• (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 7 Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to work in JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service) our First Contact Musculoskeletal team. Ideal for enthusiastic, skilled, staff who have evidence of significant experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy including post-operative care. Completion of the First Contact Practitioner (Musculoskeletal) Roadmap would be desirable.
The post may require assessment centre or psychometric testing.
Please note: The vacancy may be closed before the closing date if there are a high number of applicants. All interviews will be face to face.
Successful applicants will provide musculoskeletal physiotherapy (including post-operative physiotherapy) in JMAPS and may also provide cover in First Contact Practitioner clinics within Northumberland. The post holder will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions who have self-referred or who have been referred by primary or secondary care. The post holder will be expected to provide telephone consultations.
JMAPS provides physiotherapy across Northumberland including Berwick Infirmary, Alnwick Infirmary, Wansbeck General Hospital ,Blyth Hospital, Hexham hospital and some GP practices and Health Centres in between. The post will be based at Wansbeck General Hospital but there may be a requirement to work at other sites, according to service needs.
We have strong links with the Northumbria Orthopaedic team & the successful applicant must demonstrate excellent communication skills with MDT and peers. Applicants should have experience in supervision, education and training of more junior staff and be involved in student education, research and audit. The post holder will be expected to provide clinical supervision to colleagues..
Applicants must provide evidence of continuous professional development and post graduate training. The post holder will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team in further service development
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
• To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
• To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services
• To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
• To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.
• This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which
• (a) engages, enables and empowers others
• (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality
improvement
• (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Thursday 15 May 2025
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