Specialist Physiotherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 13/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing specialist physiotherapy services to individuals with complex, enduring mental health conditions within inpatient rehabilitation services. The successful candidate will conduct assessments, deliver interventions, and manage a clinical caseload as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will also contribute to service development and implementation of evidence-based pathways.
Essential criteria
- Recognised Physiotherapy Degree Qualification or Equivalent
- State registered with HCPC
- Further relevant post qualifying training.
Desirable criteria
- Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Knowledge and Experience
- Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
- Experience of providing Physiotherapy services.
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and CSP standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of supervising students / non registered staff
- Awareness of equal opportunities legislation and policies
- Knowledge of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
- Clinical experience relevant to this role
- Knowledge of audit, research and evaluation
- Skills and Competencies
- Skills in a range of appropriate standardised and informal assessments
- Proven ability to communicate effectively within multi-agency teams
- Highly developed communication skills
- Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Risk Assessment/management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Clinical Leadership. Training & Induction of staff.
- Delegation skills.
- Debriefing skills.
- Teaching/Presentation skills.
- Education and Qualification
- Recognised Physiotherapy Degree Qualification or Equivalent
- State registered with HCPC
- Further relevant post qualifying training.
- Registered member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Knowledge and Experience
- Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Proven ability to manage a clinical caseload in a flexible manner as required.
- Experience of providing Physiotherapy services.
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and CSP standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of supervising students / non registered staff
- Awareness of equal opportunities legislation and policies
- Knowledge of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
- Clinical experience relevant to this role
- Knowledge of audit, research and evaluation
- Skills and Competencies
- Skills in a range of appropriate standardised and informal assessments
- Proven ability to communicate effectively within multi-agency teams
- Highly developed communication skills
- Provide appropriate therapeutic interventions
- Risk Assessment/management skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Clinical Leadership. Training & Induction of staff.
- Delegation skills.
- Debriefing skills.
- Teaching/Presentation skills.
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
It is an exciting time to join us here at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) as we continue to develop and invest in our services as well as our staff. CNTW is a forward thinking Trust with a lot of opportunities.
Do you want to be part of changing mental health for the future? Are you passionate about improving things for the next generation and influencing the future? Are you seeking a new challenge and a unique opportunity to develop your career in Mental Health Physiotherapy? Could you bring your experience to the NHS and make a real difference?
Main duties of the job
This is your chance to make a real difference to people living with complex, enduring mental health conditions who are experiencing acute, long term mental health problems within our inpatient rehabilitation services in Newcastle upon Tyne.
You will be a highly skilled and knowledgeable team player who is able to think holistically and creatively in order to deliver specialist assessment and management and physiotherapy service provision for service users who have a variety of complex physiotherapy needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health, learning disabilities and /or neurological conditions, alongside our multi-disciplinary team.
Alongside the clinical leads and other colleagues, you will undertake the service development and implementati
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