Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist role within a mental health setting, focusing on adult mental health wards. The successful candidate will provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for working age adults, older people, and adolescents with complex mental and physical health problems. The role involves leading an older people's exercise class, supervising junior staff, and contributing to service improvement. It requires an experienced practitioner with strong clinical knowledge across various physiotherapy specialities.
Essential criteria
- Physiotherapy degree.
- Full HCPC registration.
- CSP registered.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate training courses relevant to Mental Health.
- Significant experience as a junior grade in a broad range of clinical rotations including MSK, older people, neurology, respiratory care and rehabilitation.
- Experience of working with service users presenting with mental health conditions.
- A good understanding of issues facing service users with mental health conditions.
- Successful team working.
- Previous involvement in clinical audit or research.
- Previous experience of supervising students &/or physiotherapy assistants.
- Previous experience of working within an NHS hospital setting.
- Previous experience of working in a mental health setting.
- Previous experience working as a band 6 physiotherapist.
- Experience working with hearing impairment/deafness.
- Experience working within eating disorders.
- Training & Qualifications
- Physiotherapy degree.
- Full HCPC registration.
- CSP registered.
- Postgraduate training courses relevant to Mental Health.
- Significant experience as a junior grade in a broad range of clinical rotations including MSK, older people, neurology, respiratory care and rehabilitation.
- Experience of working with service users presenting with mental health conditions.
- A good understanding of issues facing service users with mental health conditions.
- Successful team working.
- Previous involvement in clinical audit or research.
- Previous experience of supervising students &/or physiotherapy assistants.
- Previous experience of working within an NHS hospital setting.
- Previous experience of working in a mental health setting.
- Previous experience working as a band 6 physiotherapist.
- Experience working with hearing impairment/deafness.
- Experience working within eating disorders.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join a team of mental health physiotherapists working across the Trusts adult mental health wards. This is a Specialist Physiotherapist Band 6 role and would ideally suit an experienced practitioner with a passion to work in a mental health setting to help address physical health complaints and address health inequalities for this population.
We are looking for a team player with excellent communication skills, proven clinical knowledge across physiotherapy specialities including but not limited to older adults, neurology, orthopaedics, respiratory and musculoskeletal. The ideal candidate would enjoy a challenge, can work flexibly and autonomously at times and has a professional and positive attitude.
Your main duties will be to provide physiotherapy assessment and treatment for working age adults, older people and adolescents in a mental health in-patient setting.
Main duties of the job
If successful, you will be recruited to work across sites include Springfield University Hospital and Tolworth Hospital. You will also have opportunities to work within the National Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Service alongside a well-established multidisciplinary team, learning disabilities, forensics and deaf services to name just some. Opportunities to gain a British Sign Language qualification is also possible.
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