Band 5 Physiotherapist, Learning disabilities

Transformation Unit; Aldershot; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Physiotherapist for CTPLD West services at Aldershot. The role combines clinical work with service development, teaching and collaboration to improve lives through person-centred physiotherapy.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver assessments and interventions, supporting independence and quality of life for service users and their families.

Qualifications

• Must have Physiotherapy professional qualification and UK registration.
• Ability to travel across the area to clinical appointments and training.
• Experience in community-based physiotherapy or learning disabilities setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Carry out comprehensive assessments within the community.
• Provide evidence-based physiotherapy interventions to support independence.
• Communicate effectively with service users, families and carers.

Skills

Physiotherapy

Driver's license

Education

Physiotherapy professional qualification

Job description

Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aldershot Centre for health Town Aldershot Salary £33,677 - £40,996 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata. Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59

Band 5 Physiotherapist, Learning disabilities

NHS AfC: Band 5

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a new Physiotherapist for our CTPLD West services. This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical expertise with collaboration, service development, and teaching, while making a meaningful impact on the lives of the people we support and their families.

As a Physiotherapist, you will empower people to achieve their goals, maximise their independence, and improve their quality of life through expert, evidence-based physiotherapy. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will deliver innovative, person-centred assessments and interventions, helping individuals overcome challenges and reach their full potential.

Main duties of the job

• To work within the ACCPLDs standards of practice and the trusts physiotherapy management pathways.
• To be able to complete comprehensive assessments with a variety of conditions within the community.
• To be able to communicate effectively with our service users, their families and carers.
• To provide advice and support for a wide variety of conditions in various different ways in the community,
• to work effectively and efficiently within the wider Multi-disciplinary team.
• To work with the wider network sending onward referrals where needed, working with wheelchair clinic, orthotics, spasticity clinics, social services occupational therapists and many other services as needed to help advocate for our service users.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please kindly see the attached job description for further details and information regarding the job role at CTPLD West

Person specification

Qualifications

• Physiotherapy professional qualification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
• Evidence of interest and developing skills in specialist area

Skills and experience

• Ability to travel to clinical appointments and training across the area and Trust. For example, drivers’ licence suitable for the UK and access to a vehicle for which can be used for work purposes.
• Previous experience of working with people within the clinical area (can be pre-qualification).

We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.

As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.

Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.

Sponsorship

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

Please note we have the right to close this advert early, once we reach a suitable number of applications.