About this role
Job summary
The post holder will provide specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for patients diagnosed with cancer who are undergoing prehabilitation prior to surgery.
The role involves leading and delivering evidence-based exercise and rehabilitation programmes aimed at improving patients' physical fitness, functional capacity, wellbeing, and recovery outcomes before treatment begins. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary prehabilitation team alongside oncology clinicians, dietitians, nursing teams and health coaches.
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.
Main duties of the job
To carry out assessment of patients and maintain accurate patient records; use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to formulate appropriate rehabilitation plans utilising a range of treatment skills and options, which includes gym-based or home-based rehabilitation/pre-habilitation. Provide evidence-based interventions to optimise patients prior to cancer treatment. Deliver education and advice regarding physical activity, lifestyle modification, exercise adherence, and recovery expectations. Monitor patient progress and adjust treatment plans accordingly. Participate in outpatient, community, virtual, and group-based rehabilitation programmes where required To support the health coaches and provide weekly supervision Attend regional pre-habilitation meetings.
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! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
To deliver Physiotherapy treatment for a complex caseload within a specialist field.
To provide highly specialised physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the speciality area.
To provide specialist advice to families, carers, other health and social care professionals and/or education services.
To contribute to planning, development and auditing of the Physiotherapy service within the specialist area.
To supervise qualified & unqualified staff within the specialist team.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
BSC Honours degree in Physiotherapy or equivalent Member of the Health Professionals Council Student training qualification Recognised qualification and experience in the supervision of undergraduate students.
Desirable
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Working towards Masters level or equivalent accredited courses within chosen speciality e.g. Action Research, McKenzie accredited practitioner, Injection Diploma, Continence Diploma, Accredited Respiratory Care Management. Leadership training e.g. LEO/ILM
Experience and Knowledge Essential
Varied experience in the assessment and management of complex conditions. Ability to deliver in-service training and clinical supervision to staff working within specialist team. Substantial post graduate experience previous experience
Other Requirements Essential
You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trust Wide
Wansbeck
NE63 9JJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)