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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Physiotherapy Assistant

The closing date is 30 December 2025

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Job summary

Applications are invited from candidates who are interested in working at Band 3 level to support the physiotherapy team working within orthopaedics.

Experience will be gained within the orthopedic team across trauma and elective surgery. The successful candidate will mainly work clinically at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital on the Orthopaedic Trauma ward but may be required to work at other sites. Duties will include: clinical caseload delegated by qualified staff, documentation, ordering equipment, assistance with activities of daily living. Previous experience of working in Physiotherapy is essential.

This post will involve weekend, bank holiday and shift working.

Please note that this post will close once we have received a suitable number of applications.

Main duties of the job

o To be accountable to a specialist team leader and ultimately site managero To work predominantly within an identified client group but be prepared to work flexibly across the service.

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!

Details

Date posted

16 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7673384PM

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans. To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients. Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patients quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence. To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment. To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist physiotherapists in the treatment of their patients, working to defined protocols and treatment plans. To assist a qualified Physiotherapist in the implementation of treatment programmes for individual patients or groups of patients. Work with the physiotherapist to improve the patients quality of life, aiming to achieve maximum functional ability and independence. To facilitate arrangement of appointments, transport and ordering of equipment. To be responsible for the overall hygiene & maintenance of the department and equipment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of relevant speciality

Desirable

  • Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of relevant speciality

Desirable

  • Previous experience as Physiotherapy or HCA or equivalent in social care

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Physiotherapist (Manager) Orthopaedics

Gail Menton

Gail.Menton@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

07717422411

Details

Date posted

16 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-7673384PM

Job locations

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ


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