Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
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
Further to the development of the North East North Cumbria Single Point of Access Pathway for all spines we have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist to join the TIMS service as spinal pathway lead and clinical specialist.
You will be working in TIMS and as part of a clinical team across primary and secondary care to provide a physio fronted comprehensive service for the assessment, diagnosis and non-surgical management of highly complex patients within the spinal pathway.
- Interview Date: Tuesday 16 December 2025
- Full and part time hours available
- 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
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The successful applicant will maintain a specialist physiotherapy caseload and act as a source of expertise on the non-surgical management of highly complex patients within the pathway and provide an advisory service to patients, senior physiotherapists, GPs, consultants and other health care professionals in primary and secondary care. You will be expected to contribute to evaluation, treatment and research within the service.
You will be required to have a degree or equivalent qualification in Physiotherapy, State Registration with Health and Care Professions Council and hold or be willing to work towards a post grad diploma or Master’s degree. You will have extensive post graduate experience including as an advanced Physiotherapist in Spinal Musculoskeletal Services with experience of integrating evidence based guidelines into clinical practice. Also, evidence of ongoing accredited CPD in specialist area including relevant post graduate courses.
Applicants looking for full or part time hours are invited to apply.
Working for our organisation
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
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
- Working in TIMS and as part of the Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeons clinical team to provide a physio fronted comprehensive service for the assessment, diagnosis and non-surgical management of highly complex patients within the pathway
- Maintain a clinical caseload of highly complex patients within the pathway.
- Act as a source of expertise on the non-surgical management of highly complex patients within the pathway and provide an advisory service to patients, senior physiotherapists, GPs, consultants and other health care professionals in primary and secondary care
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
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.