Job overview

We have a brand new, exciting opportunity for a Senior Physiotherapist to work within our Motor Neurone Disease (MND) team. You will work with the Advanced Physiotherapist to provide a high standard of physiotherapy care to a complex patient group accessing the regional MND clinic. Please see job description attached for further details.

Applicants should have HCPC registration, have experience working as a Physiotherapist in the NHS providing a broad range of experience, and a keen interest in working with this patient group.

Good time management and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure are also essential requirements of this post.   

The post will be based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne. There will be occasional working across other sites therefore it is essential that the post holder has a full valid driving licence and access to a car. This is a fixed term post for 4 years.

• Interview date: 27 June 2023
• 18 hours 45 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.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the multidisciplinary Motor Neurone Disease team delivering a high standard of physiotherapy care to patients within the speciality area.
• Working in outpatient clinics, inpatient areas and in the community linking with existing local teams. Working with Advanced Physiotherapist to educate patients/ carers and other Healthcare Professionals in the physiotherapy management of MND.
• To be responsible for own continued professional development.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical care, quality improvement and service development.
• Be dynamic, flexible and motivated to drive service improvement.
• Demonstrate a high level of clinical skill, knowledge and communication.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, 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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.