Senior Physiotherapist

Senior Physiotherapist – Newcastle Hospital / Gosforth FWC | Physiotherapy | Permanent Contract | Full time | Up to £42,500 per annum depending on experience | 40 hours per week
If you want to make a big impact on the wellbeing of your patients, here's where you can. As the UK's largest Healthcare Charity, we’re shaping the nation's health. We support and encourage postgraduate education with access to training, mentoring and career development – so we’ll help shape your future, too.

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• Deliver high quality, effective clinical care.
  
• Adhere to our values and beliefs at Nuffield Health, fostering behaviour that is enterprising, passionate, independent and caring.
  
• Deliver excellent clinical care that is evidence‑based, Safe, Effective, Caring, Well‑led and responsive to our patients' needs.
  
• Ensure ongoing monitoring of the standard of treatment provided.
  
• Be compliant with all professional, clinical and integrated governance standards and participate in clinical audit and other quality assurance processes.
  

Nuffield Health Newcastle Hospital is located in Jesmond and operates one of the North East’s leading private hospitals with a Good CQC rating. We offer 27 en‑suite private bedrooms, three state‑of‑the‑art operating theatres, a dedicated breast care unit, on‑site pathology services and diagnostic imaging including CT and MRI. Our on‑site physiotherapy specialists support patients after surgery, with a special focus on orthopaedics, spinal surgery, ophthalmology, weight loss surgery and cosmetic treatment.

As a Senior Physiotherapist you will have a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent, be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, and possess excellent clinical reasoning and rehabilitation skills. You will be a confident communicator, skilled at engaging with all kinds of people, and will see a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions and post‑operative cases. You will play a key role in helping our patients achieve, maintain and recover to the level of health and wellbeing that they aspire to.

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• Have a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
  
• Demonstrate evidence of further professional training and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner.
  
• Be a confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with the general public and other healthcare professionals.
  
• Be able to demonstrate excellent rehabilitation skills.
  
• Be a competent and confident IT user with strong organisational skills.
  
• Have the ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload in an effective and timely manner.
  

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package tailored to your needs, including free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts, pension options and other fitness, lifestyle and wellbeing rewards.

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• Have a BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
  

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• Demonstrate evidence of further professional training and continual professional development, reflecting your desire to develop as a practitioner.
  

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary to submit a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.