Senior Physiotherapist

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 29 October 2025

1 x 37.5 Hours Fixed Term until 4th November 2026

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested and committed to rehabilitation in the community. The locality is Redcar Community Therapy Team however you may be asked to support the Middlesbrough Community Therapy team too within the role.

This position is for a Band 6 physiotherapist, 37.5 hours a week, to join the established integrated community Therapy team within South Tees until 4th November 2026. This post will help support some the initiatives being implemented in the community such as the Teeswide Falls strategy, integrated single point of access MDT and Primary care networks.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust Community Collaborative and Primary Care Network are working together to improve community rehabilitation services ensuring that the local population across Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland receive therapy close to home. As a result there has been changes to service provision recently meaning that the services can be delivered by the right therapist in the right place at the right time.

Working in the community you will provide rehabilitation in the patients own home and group settings, working closely with statutory and voluntary services to promote and maintain independence. You will also work closely with the Urgent Community response team to help step and step down patients to help prevent deconditioning and unnecessary admissions to hospital.

The post holder will be expected to have experience in rehabilitation as well as having gained experience across a variety of specialities to help manage patients with various conditions. As services are delivered across Redcar and Cleveland Locality there is a expectation that you will have an ability to work flexibility and travel independently within the community.

Support and in-service training will be provided to develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of the role. The post offers development in clinical and leadership skills and the post holder will be supported to attend relevant post graduate courses.

South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the country, close to the North York Moors and within easy reach of Newcastle and Leeds. It comprises two acute hospitals, James Cook University Hospital and Friarage Hospital Northallerton and a number of community hospitals and community services. Therapy services at South Tees NHS trust are also part of the wider Integrated Therapy service in Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland. This is a unique partnership between Health and Social Care in South Tees with a commitment to working together, improving the quality of our service and getting rid of existing barriers between health and social services.

Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

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• Explore leadership within the NHS
  
• Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  
• Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills.
  
• Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role.
  

After you complete this four and half days training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5 and 7.

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

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• To hold a degree or relevant diploma in Physiotherapy
  
• Current HCPC registration
  

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• Post Graduate experience in a broad range of clinical specialities
  
• Experience working within NHS
  
• Experience of working within a mutidisciplinary team
  
• Experience working in a service providing rehabilitation
  
• Previous community health and social care experience
  

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• Good listening and communication skills
  
• Theoretical knowledge and applied clinical practice in a broad range of OT and rehabilitation areas
  
• Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills
  
• Ability to act appropriately in emotional or distressing circumstances.
  
• Experience within a variety of clinical areas at band 5 level
  
• Demonstrates advanced clinical reasoning skills
  
• Demonstrate effective problem-solving skills in complex situations
  
• Demonstrate knowledge of physiotherapy within critical care and management of complex respiratory patients.
  

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• Ability to work with indirect supervision in a variety of acute care/ and community settings
  
• Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations
  
• Good organisational skills
  
• Teaching skills and previous student supervision experience
  
• Evidence of post-registration training at a higher level in specialist subject matter
  

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.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust