Senior Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a Senior Physiotherapist role within the KMMH Physiotherapy team, focusing on Adult & Older Adult Mental Health services in West Kent. The post involves assessing and treating service users across various sites, developing physiotherapy practice, and promoting the profession. The successful candidate will manage a defined caseload, provide supervision to junior staff, and work alongside a Physiotherapy Assistant. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Identify, develop and provide the physiotherapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service.
- Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
- Manage a defined caseload of service users with physiotherapy needs using evidence based, service user centred principles.
- Provide supervision to designated junior staff and students.
Essential criteria
- Qualified and registered as a physiotherapist with Health and Care Professions Council.
- Experience of service development
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Experience of supporting students
- Appropriate experience including elderly care, falls prevention, orthopaedics, MSK, Respiratory, community, discharge planning
Desirable criteria
- Additional training and qualifications, Evidence of Post graduate CPD
- Experience of working with patients with mental health conditions
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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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Senior Physiotherapist
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Physiotherapy services for Adult & Older Adult Mental Health across services in West Kent, are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our KMMH Physiotherapy team.
We are developing Physiotherapy services across mental health services and there are many new opportunities for developing physiotherapy practice and promoting the profession.
The work is varied and involves assessing and treating across sites. The post offers a service to both Adult & Older adult Acute Mental Health.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
The senior physiotherapist is an experienced physiotherapist within the multi-disciplinary care team.
- To identify, develop and provide the physiotherapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
- To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
- To manage a defined caseload of service users with physiotherapy needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion an
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