Senior Physiotherapist - Respiratory

Job summary

We are looking for a suitably experienced Physiotherapist to join our well established Band 6 Respiratory Rotation. The rotation has been developed for staff who have identified that the field of respiratory care is the area in which they wish to specialise.

Staff rotate annually, allowing the development of expertise in a variety of Trust-wide clinical areas, including Critical Care - Vascular Surgery and Upper GI/HPB surgery, Burns, Neuro trauma Cardiothoracic Unit - including Cardiothoracic ITU, HDU, Heart and Lung transplantation and the LVAD programme Acute Medicine - offering experience in Non-Invasive Ventilation, inpatient/outpatient management of Adult Cystic Fibrosis and Pulmonary Rehabilitation There is a well-established in-service training programme across all respiratory specialties.

The successful applicant will be encouraged to participate in quality improvement, and service development. Interview Date Tuesday 17 November 2026 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week 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 NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be Chartered Physiotherapists with HCPC registration, have experience as a Physiotherapist in the NHS in a rotational post providing a broad range of experience across the core areas of physiotherapy, including respiratory and be able to provide evidence of a commitment to CPD. Good time management and organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure are also essential requirements of this post. There is an on-call commitment with this post and you will be required to work on a rota pattern to support seven day working.

About us

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from: Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) Freeman Hospital Newcastle Dental Hospital Cramlington Manor Walks Urgent treatment centres Newcastle Fertility Centre Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria Northern Genetics Service 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.

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