Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Physiotherapist

The closing date is 11 September 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has a risen for Highly Motivated Band 5 Physiotherapists to join our staff bank. The purpose of this role is to support the Physiotherapist services Trustwide as and when this is required.

We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist to join our bank. In return you will can offer you:

Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
Paid annual leave
NHS pension scheme
A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
Option to block-book shifts in a set period
SMS notifications of shift availability
Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
Free uniform, where applicable

Main duties of the job

There are bank assignments all around the Trust, including our community settings in Haltwhistle, Berwick, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Blythas well as our main hospitals in Hexham, Ashington, North Tyneside and Cramlington. We have a range of shifts 7 days per week including day shifts, earlies, lates, twilight, nights and weekends. With bank you can pick and choose which shifts suit you.

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, 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.

Date posted

28 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

319-7427020PM

Job locations

Trustwide

NE27 0QJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is to provide high standards of care to patients accessing our services. You will need to embrace our trust values, demonstrate excellent communication skills, and have a flexible approach to your work. Duties include:

To assess and treat an independent physiotherapy caseload.
To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the supervision of senior physiotherapy staff.
The rotational element of the role consolidates under graduate skills and knowledge across a range of therapeutic modalities
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within team / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess and treat an independent physiotherapy caseload.
To work as part of the physiotherapy team under the supervision of senior physiotherapy staff.
The rotational element of the role consolidates under graduate skills and knowledge across a range of therapeutic modalities
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within team / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professionals Council.
Evidence of continued professional development through self-directed learning and in-service training record.

Desirable

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

Essential

Pre-registration experience in core areas e.g. orthopaedics, neurology, respiratory

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent
Registered Physiotherapist with the Health Professionals Council.
Evidence of continued professional development through self-directed learning and in-service training record.

Desirable

Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Experience

Essential

Pre-registration experience in core areas e.g. orthopaedics, neurology, respiratory

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

NE27 0QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

NE27 0QJ

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)