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317 Physiotherapy - Corporate
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Secondment: 12 months (from date of appointment)
Hours
Part time - 33 hours per week (Working pattern will be: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Job ref
317-2025-44-02-DR-VA1
Employer
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trustwide
Town
317 Trustwide
Salary
£27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/11/2025 23:59
Interview date
27/11/2025

Employer heading

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

AHP Associate Practitioner

Band 4

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders. 

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, 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, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to work within our Stroke Service for 12 months. This is a Band 4 Associate Practitioner post, working on our Hyperacute Stroke Ward. It is essential that you have previous experience working as a band 3 and can provide evidence of this. 

  • Interview Date: 27 November 2025
  • 33 Hours/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.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work alongside Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy team members to deliver a high standard of clinical care, which may include assessment within a specific remit and development of therapy treatment goals.

Part of the role will include admin and non-clinical tasks. 

Attributes will include being flexible, reliable and willing to learn.

Skills required will include IT skills, Moving and Handling, highly developed communication and effective team working.

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

         Freeman Hospital

         Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)

         Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)

         Newcastle Dental Hospital

         Newcastle Fertility Centre

         Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria

         Northern Genetics Service

         Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To undertake specific skilled support work to aid the wider team in the efficient and effective delivery of Rehabilitation in speciality area within the framework of clinical governance
  • To accept a patient caseload referred by a number of AHP team members and treat according to set protocols, monitoring patient progress, modifying and progressing patient treatment programmes as required, with referral back to referrer as/when appropriate
  • To carry out basic assessment and treatment of non-complex patients as delegated by the qualified team members
  • To provide and deliver individualised exercise programmes within speciality areas
  • To accurately record rehabilitation progress as per Trust documentation / database including physiotherapeutic outcome measures
  • To undertake a clinical caseload, without supervision for at least 50% of the time within protocols and guidelines set by the designated qualified AHP team member
  • To coordinate, supervise and teach junior therapy assistants
  • To be able to provide a range of treatment modalities including group exercise and education sessions, 1 to 1 clinic appointments, home visits and virtual sessions as required

 

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • Foundation Degree or NVQ level 4 or NVQ level 3 with additional training in the speciality field or equivalent evidence of underpinning knowledge
  • Full UK driving licence

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Sound general education inclusive of literacy and numeracy
  • Previous experience as an AHP assistant/ Technical instructor in acute care community / related speciality
  • Knowledge and understanding of clinical conditions and application of Rehabilitation programmes for patients in speciality area
  • Knowledge of a range of outcome measures
  • Knowledge of therapy specialist treatment adjuncts
  • Plan and provide clinical programmes of therapeutic activity within framework
  • Monitor patient progress and make modifications
  • Manage own caseload effectively and prioritise referrals
  • Effective team working
Desirable criteria
  • Clinical governance
  • Associate member of professional body
  • Experience of providing training/ supervising/delivering presentations to others
  • Previous experience as an AHP Associate
  • Experience in developing resources to cater for the individual needs of a patient

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Highly developed communication skills
  • Highly developed Moving and handling skills
  • IT skills
  • Work as a member of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Good understanding of all AHP roles within the rehabilitation of adults IT skills that may include electronic notes and other software

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Better Health at Work Award - Maintaining ExcellenceDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldCycle Friendly Employer

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sue Smith
Job title
Advanced Physiotherapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0191 2821736
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