Senior Physiotherapist

This is an exciting opportunity to join our specialist amputee rehabilitation service at the Freeman Hospital.

The successful applicants will be part of the amputee rehabilitation service at Freeman hospital.

The postholders will be involved in the delivery of specialist amputee Physiotherapy throughout the patient journey; involving pre-amputation assessments, ward based acute post- surgical rehabilitation, discharge planning, and out- patient rehabilitation with progression to limb wearing where appropriate. The service supports all of the Newcastle amputee patients, in addition to more complex patients from around the region.

You will be supported by Band 7 Clinical Lead Physiotherapists working within the Amputee Rehabilitation Centre itself, together with MDT colleagues and ward based therapy teams., Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.

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, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.