What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist position at Freeman Hospital?
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 8a
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 a new opportunity for a substantive 0.64 wte Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist within our Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative Physiotherapist, with significant critical care experience at a senior level.
The Cardiothoracic team provide specialist Physiotherapy input to a 21 bedded Critical Care Unit. The caseload can be complex and varied, including management of patients who are recovering from Cardiac and Thoracic surgeries, complex adult congenital, heart and lung transplantation (inclusive of ECMO/VAD support as indicated) We seek an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist who is able to provide expertise across the four pillars of advanced practice, and can support the Physiotherapy team to deliver best quality of care to this complex patient group.
The postholder will be supported by an Operational Lead Physiotherapist, and will have peer support from Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist working across neighbouring Critical Care areas within the trust. The successful postholder will be supported by the Band 7’s within the team in relation to day- to- day operational management, allowing the focus of this post to be enabling quality and service development.
Main duties of the job
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
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
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Catherine Turner Job title Physiotherapy Team Leader Email address [email protected] Telephone number 0191 2829520
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
Band 8a
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 a new opportunity for a substantive 0.64 wte Band 8a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist within our Adult Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative Physiotherapist, with significant critical care experience at a senior level.
The Cardiothoracic team provide specialist Physiotherapy input to a 21 bedded Critical Care Unit. The caseload can be complex and varied, including management of patients who are recovering from Cardiac and Thoracic surgeries, complex adult congenital, heart and lung transplantation (inclusive of ECMO/VAD support as indicated) We seek an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist who is able to provide expertise across the four pillars of advanced practice, and can support the Physiotherapy team to deliver best quality of care to this complex patient group.
The postholder will be supported by an Operational Lead Physiotherapist, and will have peer support from Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist working across neighbouring Critical Care areas within the trust. The successful postholder will be supported by the Band 7’s within the team in relation to day- to- day operational management, allowing the focus of this post to be enabling quality and service development.
- Interview Date Thursday 27 February 2025
- 24 Hours/Week
Main duties of the job
- To be an active member of the physiotherapy team delivering a service to critical care
- To act as an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced knowledge and skill within critical care physiotherapy including the integration of research evidence into practice via the process of expert clinical reasoning and decision-making.
- To carry a clinical caseload of highly complex critical care patients.
- To be an active member of the regional and national speciality networks e.g. ACPRC, ICS.
- To be responsible for own continued professional development.
- To maintain an excellent knowledge within cardiorespiratory to use highly advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to plan and deliver the best service.
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
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 be an expert practitioner in all aspects of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and critical care physiotherapy management, developing an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of such care.
- To promote Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust as national leaders in the speciality of critical care physiotherapy and as an international centre of excellence.
- To lead in partnership with POD leads on developments and innovations in critical care within the Trust and with relevant external agencies, locally and nationally, in line with the Trust’s commitment to clinical governance, develop, lead and implement standards for clinical audit to evaluate clinical effectiveness and promote clinical excellence within critical care physiotherapy. To have a role in the development of multi-professional service development within the field of critical care.
- To provide expert clinical leadership through teaching, supervision, advice, guidance and information to the Trust wide critical care physiotherapy team, other health care professionals, carers and relatives and other nonprofessional across the Trust and Partnership Organisations.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- Hold a degree or equivalent diploma in Physiotherapy
- Hold an MSc or have relevant critical care postgraduate training to MSC level and be prepared to study for MSc whilst in post
- Be state registered with the health professions council
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Involvement in the relevant CSP Clinical Special Interest Group e.g. APCRC, ICS
- Completion of accredited advanced ventilation course
- CUSIC accreditation for lung ultrasound
Essential criteria
- Be able to demonstrate considerable critical care and cardiorespiratory experience at post graduate level
- To have expert knowledge of the current evidenced research, quality improvement and experience of involvement national audit
- Have highly specialist knowledge of manual handling legislation and current best practice including range of appropriate equipment
- To be responsible for and actively participate in the in-service training programme within the speciality area
- To be involved in the promotion of physiotherapy outside the service e.g. within the directorate ensuring that physiotherapy is incorporated into any new developments and linking with regional and national Critical Care services
- Knowledge of current NHS initiatives e.g. National Policy Drivers
Essential criteria
- Have the ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance so as to maintain own continued professional development (CPD)
- To be able to work effectively within dynamic MDT forums
- Demonstrate highly developed communication skills
- Able to demonstrate expert clinical reasoning and expert clinical treatment skills in relation to the speciality field
- Formal Quality Improvement Training
- Evidence of understanding research methods, and their applications
- Previous experience in quality assurance
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- JD & PS (PDF, 171.5KB)
- Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
- Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Catherine Turner Job title Physiotherapy Team Leader Email address [email protected] Telephone number 0191 2829520
