Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Senior Physiotherapist
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Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Physiotherapist to join our dynamic physiotherapy team in North Tyneside, specialising in falls prevention and vestibular rehabilitation.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals with balance disorders, dizziness, and complex falls risk. You will be based in the Jubilee Day Hospital and work across community and outpatient settings, supporting patients to maintain independence and reduce the risk of injury.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a specialist caseload of patients with falls risk, dizziness, and vestibular disorders.
- Deliver evidence-based assessment and treatment for vestibular dysfunction, including BPPV and dizziness.
- Lead and contribute to multifactorial falls assessments and interventions.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, including nursing, and medical colleagues.
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff and students.
- Develop and deliver group programmes for falls prevention and balance rehabilitation.
- Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
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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!
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Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
All interviews will be held face-to-face.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Katy McKinney
- Job Title: Principal Physiotherapist
- Email Address: katy.mckinney@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 07702 617286
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