Triage and Treat Practitioner

Band 8a

• Neurosciences & Spinal Care Services L3
• Band 8a
• Permanent
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week
• 328-NSC-6948039-LJ-A

• North Ormesby Health Village
• Middlesbrough
• £55,690 - £62,682 per annum (pro rata)
• Yearly
• 15/10/2025 23:59

Job overview

We welcome applications from multiple professional backgrounds for this post, including physiotherapy, nursing etc.

We are looking for a highly self-motivated specialist nurses/extended scope physiotherapist to join the established team of Triage and Treat Practitioners, facilitating care for patients with back and /or radicular pain.

The Triage and Treat Practitioner Team provide a single access point leading to a high quality service to patients suffering with back pain and radicular pain.  This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills in a supportive and friendly environment. 

If all essential requirement are not met, consideration would be given for a trainee post

Main duties of the job

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad. In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe. The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community. It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions

· Your Leadership Impact

· Leading your Team to Success

· Leading Into the Future

· Service Improvement for Beginners

· Developing your Service Improvement Skills

· Lean Practitioner

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

• Explore leadership within the NHS
• Promote Trust values and behaviours
• Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
• Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current valid registration with relevant professional body i.e HCPC, NMC
• Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy/ Nursing, specialist training to masters level
• Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
• Will work towards and complete any appropriate credential routes which are available and applicable to the clinical area

Desirable criteria

• MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/ HEE accredited ACP
• Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2017) framework for ACP

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive post registration experience working at a senior level within speciality area.
• Experience of leading in a team
• Experience in managing change
• Experience teaching formal programmes or courses to patients and/or other staff.
• Experience leading and presenting Audit/research
• Experience of student and junior supervision
• Experience in delivering CBT programmes.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in providing counselling to patient and to support staff

Knowledge and skills

Essential criteria

• Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
• Supplemented by significant post-registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
• Management skills gained through theory and / or significant practice experience
• Leadership skills
• IT literate
• Knows the South Tees’ values and works within them
• Good understanding of the trust ACP strategy and policy
• Ability to autonomously problem solve, analyse, compare, and interpret complex information before making a decision
• Has physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures
• Mentoring and developing staff
• Has led research and implemented service change/improvement

Desirable criteria

• Additional teaching qualification/ experience

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

• Name
• Helena Roper
• Job title
• Lead Triage and Treat Practitioner
• Email address
• helena.roper@nhs.net
• Telephone number
• 01642 944703
• Additional information
• Glynis Peat (Acting Clinical Director) Tel: 01642 282648 or Helena Roper (Lead Triage and Treat Practitioner) Tel: 01642 944703

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