Physiotherapist - NHS Professionals : Job Details

Job Title: Physiotherapist

Grade: Band 6

Department: Physiotherapy

Location: Sunderland Royal Hospital/South Tyneside Hospital

Trust: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Pay rate: £20.15

Are you ready to flex your skills, stretch your potential, and help patients bounce back to their best selves? Join the team at South Tyneside/Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and make a meaningful impact on patient care.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist, you will work autonomously within a dedicated team to provide advanced physiotherapy assessments, diagnosis, and treatments. This role will enable you to:

• Deliver high-quality physiotherapy care, from assessment to treatment and discharge planning, using evidence-based practices.
• Provide specialist advice and education to patients, carers, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead on clinical practice initiatives to elevate the profile of the service.
• Supervise, mentor, and support junior staff and undergraduate physiotherapy students.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure adherence to HCPC standards.
• Work across Orthopaedic In-patient Wards and MSK Outpatients, with opportunities for cross-site collaboration.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

• BSc in Physiotherapy or equivalent with HCPC registration.
• Proven postgraduate experience, particularly in Orthopaedics and MSK.
• Strong clinical reasoning, analytical, and judgmental skills for complex cases.
• Excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to team collaboration.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and patient-centred care.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Job description

Job description can be provided upon request.

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited

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