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Salary for this role£39,959 – £48,117 a year

Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year

Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)

This occupation falls under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.

Closest occupation match: SOC 2221, Physiotherapists. Pay for this occupation is set by national pay scales (NHS bands), so no single Home Office going rate applies.

Individual eligibility depends on personal circumstances. These figures are public reference information, not advice or a verdict on this job.

Role description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist to work in JMAPS (Joint Musculoskeletal And Pain Service) and our First Contact Practice Musculoskeletal team. Ideal for enthusiastic, skilled, staff who have evidence of significant experience in musculoskeletal physiotherapy including post-operative care.

The role, based within the Physiotherapy department at Wansbeck General Hospital and/or the surrounding JMAPS sites and GP practices. There is potential for Trust wide working. There may be development opportunities in group rehabilitation, rheumatology physiotherapy and pain management physiotherapy.

CPD is actively encouraged within our teams and supervision is provided by Senior Physiotherapy clinicians supporting staff to achieve their individual learning outcomes, supported by a robust appraisal system.

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.

Main duties of the job

To assess and treat an independent physiotherapy caseload.
To work or work towards working as a First Contact Practitioner with indirect supervision as required.
To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the supervision of senior physiotherapy staff.
To assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for an individual clinical caseload.
To liaise with senior staff on a regular basis to ensure appropriate management of patients.
To delegate appropriately to unregistered workforce.
To provide supervision to Band 5, unregistered staff and students.
With guidance from senior physiotherapists, maintain a high level of evidence-based practice through continual review of current research, thus enhancing standards of patient care.

About us

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

14 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-8334684SA

Job locations

Wansbeck General Hospital (and surrounding JMAPS sites and GP practices)

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To identify patients capacity to consent to treatment and apply the departments consent protocol.
To provide management of patients attending with musculoskeletal conditions. Some clinics will be telephone clinics.
To contribute to the supervision of technical instructors, physiotherapy assistants, physiotherapists and students.
To maintain a high standard of clinical record keeping in accordance with CSP guidelines and trust wide physiotherapy standards for documentation.
To attend departmental meetings as appropriate.
To attend relevant post graduate lectures and in-service training to consolidate undergraduate knowledge and increase skills appropriate to each rotation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent experience and/or qualification
Registered Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professions Council.
Evidence of continued professional development through self directed learning, in-service training record and attendance at relevant short post graduate courses

Desirable

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Student training qualification provided by University

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Candidates should have completed post graduate core rotations

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other Requirements

Essential

It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.