• Job Description

  Req#: C9328-25-0596?language=en&page=37&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint aBand 6 Physiotherapist, 37.5 hours per week for 9 months maternity cover, within the Meadowgate Intermediate Care Centre based at Eston, Middlesbrough.

  You would not be expected to work weekends currently but the team do cover bank holidays

  The physiotherapist will work as part of the Integrated Community Therapy Service providing effective and efficient physiotherapy either within the Meadowgate Centre or community setting as appropriate. The 40- bedded centre provides a structured programme of therapy-led, supportive, and enabling care to individuals to assist and enable the person to achieve and maintain an optimum level of health and mobility. The service aims to enable individuals to maximise their independence at home and to support timely discharge and prevent avoidable admission to hospital or long-term care.

  The team is made up of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. The service works Monday - Friday 8.30am-16.30pm including bank holidays however each therapist will only be expected to cover one or two bank holidays over the 12-month period. The team don't work Christmas Day, Boxing Day, or New Years Day and are currently not working weekends.

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

  Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for the delivery of Physiotherapy assessment and treatment to a high professional standard in accordance with Professional Standards and Code of Ethics laid down by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
  • To be responsible and accountable for all aspects of professional activities, adhering to local policies and procedures.
  • To autonomously manage, within appropriate professional guidelines, a case load of clients with complex needs within bed based and community environments.
  • Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
  • To provide a high standard of physiotherapy to patients either within the Meadowgate Centre or community setting as appropriate within the patient's agreed plan of care and as appropriate to competency levels.
  • To respond to identified needs through critical thinking, consideration of a range of options using sound clinical reasoning and professional judgement and communicating these to patients in order to reach a decision, in collaboration with the patient (or his/her representatives) about how to meet those needs

  About us

  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

  o Your Leadership Impacto Leading your Team to Successo Leading Into the Futureo Service Improvement for Beginnerso Developing your Service Improvement Skillso Lean Practitioner

  The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

  o Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust values and behaviourso Develop your leadership effectiveness and skillso Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

  After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

  Details

  Date posted

  23 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum (pro rata)

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  328-FCS-7043877

  Job locations

  Meadowgate Centre

  Eston, Middlesbrough

  TS6 9NN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

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

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post graduate experience as a rotational junior in a broad range of clinical specialities
  • NHS experience
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team in the community
  • Knowledge and understanding of rehab and reablement
  • Experience of leadership and service development
  • Information technology literate

  Desirable

  • Previous community health and social care experience
  • Experience working in a reablement setting

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Demonstrate effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to patients, carers and colleagues
  • Skills in setting rehab goals
  • Demonstrate analytical skills and judgement when dealing with the physiotherapy management of complex patients
  • Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

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

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post graduate experience as a rotational junior in a broad range of clinical specialities
  • NHS experience
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team in the community
  • Knowledge and understanding of rehab and reablement
  • Experience of leadership and service development
  • Information technology literate

  Desirable

  • Previous community health and social care experience
  • Experience working in a reablement setting

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Demonstrate effective communication skills, communicating complex, sensitive and contentious information to patients, carers and colleagues
  • Skills in setting rehab goals
  • Demonstrate analytical skills and judgement when dealing with the physiotherapy management of complex patients
  • Demonstrate effective problem solving skills in complex situations

  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

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Meadowgate Centre

  Eston, Middlesbrough

  TS6 9NN

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Meadowgate Centre

  Eston, Middlesbrough

  TS6 9NN

  
  

  Employer's website

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

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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