Physiotherapist

The closing date is 22 March 2026

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust's Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT) is looking for a physiotherapist to join their AHPs group (Physio's, OT's and Therapy Assistants). Our SPCT covers the whole Trust with 2 palliative care in‑patient units, a hospital liaison team supporting patients and staff on general wards and emergency care, and caring for patients in their own homes in both rural and urban settings. This post would be based in North Tyneside and will largely be community‑based in that area but all staff work flexibly to cover all areas as needed and we provide a 7‑day‑a‑week service. The post holder would be supported by highly experienced senior specialist therapy staff, and we have comprehensive educational and support programmes to facilitate learning. Specialist therapy interventions include management of complex symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, fatigue and nausea as well as general mobility and ADL activities. We work closely as a multi‑disciplinary team to give patients the best possible chance of achieving end‑of‑life goals and continuing to live life to the fullest despite life‑limiting diagnoses. Some experience in palliative care would be an advantage but not essential, while commitment to providing high quality, safe, compassionate care, working collaboratively and innovatively with patients, their families and the MDT are key attributes. Please contact us to discuss the post or to arrange an informal visit to meet the team and find out more.

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• Deliver high quality, comprehensive specialist palliative care interventions
  
• Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary environment under the service management team, ensuring adherence to professional codes of conduct
  
• Provide clinical professional support, resource and education to other staff and students
  
• Work with other professionals to promote and develop the ethos of Palliative Care within the Trust and the local community
  

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.

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• To provide comprehensive physiotherapy service to patients, primarily in the Community, and also in the Palliative Care Units as needed
  
• To assess, diagnose, treat and manage an independent clinical caseload
  
• To work alongside colleagues in the Trust wide Palliative Care Team
  
• To work as a specialist physiotherapist with freedom to develop own clinical area and implement current research into practice
  
• To manage a defined caseload using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. The majority of patients will have complex needs
  
• To work closely with the Palliative Care Team to plan, develop and evaluate services, holding responsibility for defined projects
  
• To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints
  
• To develop the education needs of other staff through education and informal teaching
  
• To carry out formal supervision and annual appraisals with support staff as delegated
  
• To develop and promote the service across primary, secondary and tertiary care to facilitate a timely discharge from hospital
  
• To provide leadership for support staff through formal supervision and day‑to‑day advice and support/guidance
  
• To supervise physiotherapy students on clinical placement and participate in the placement experience of other professionals
  
• To be flexible to the needs of service delivery being able to provide physiotherapy across the business unit
  

Qualifications:

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• BSC Hons Degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
  
• Current HCPC Registration
  
• Student clinical supervisor
  
• Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area
  

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum