Physiotherapist (Development Post)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 27/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a development post for a Band 5 to Band 6 Physiotherapist within the North Durham Integrated Team, specifically working with adults with learning disabilities. The role involves providing autonomous assessment, treatment planning, and intervention, collaborating with service users and their families. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team and benefit from guidance from clinical leads and specialists, with the aim to progress to a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist.
Key responsibilities
- Provide autonomous assessment, treatment planning, and provision for adults with learning disabilities who have complex physical and psychological needs.
- Undertake service user physiotherapy assessments, co-create physiotherapy goals, and deliver physiotherapy intervention.
- Review physiotherapy interventions in collaboration with service users and family as part of the Multidisciplinary Team to promote independence and wellbeing.
- Ensure physiotherapy interventions are based on current risk assessment, evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and whole system support requirements.
- Monitor and evaluate physiotherapy treatment utilising relevant outcome measures, responding appropriately to feedback and modifying treatment plans to ensure effectiveness.
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification in Physiotherapy or pending
- Current relevant registration with HCPC or pending
- Experience of working in a variety of practice areas whilst on student placements or postgraduate
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
- Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
- Understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
- Collaborating with service users and carers/ families in accordance with principles of coproduction
- Apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Member of the CSP
- Understanding and awareness of MHA / MCA
- Experience of providing effective teaching, training
- Experience of providing Clinical supervision
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Physiotherapist (Development Post)
The closing date is 27 September 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a B5 to B6 Physiotherapist or a B6 experienced physiotherapist to join the North Durham Integrated Team. You will be a member of the Integrated Learning Disabilities Community teams, working alongside other experienced Physiotherapists, Physiotherapist Associate Practitioner and Assistant Physiotherapists. As part of a very well-established multi-disciplinary team you will work closely with other professions.
This post would be suitable for experienced physiotherapists or newly qualified and/or band 5 Physiotherapist with transferable skills with the aim to progress to a band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist upon successfully meeting the criteria within the Band 6 job description and competency framework.
The successful candidate will benefit from being part of a large group of Physiotherapy staff working in Learning Disabilities and Mental health across TEWV Trust services, with guidance from Clinical Leads, Clinical Specialists, and the Professional Head of Physiotherapy.
You will be HCPC registered.
Main duties of the job
You will be an autonomous qualified physiotherapist providing assessment, treatment planning and provision for adults with learning disabilities who have complex physical an
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