Physiotherapist

Transskribo; Leeds; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Physiotherapist to join their Healthy Living Service in Leeds. This role offers a unique opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality care to service users with mental health needs. You'll be empowered to develop your skills through clinical supervision and personalized development plans. With a focus on improving physical health, you will engage in both independent and collaborative work, making a meaningful impact on the lives of those you support. Join a supportive environment that values integrity and compassion, and take the next step in your career with this rewarding position.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible Working

27-33 Days Annual Leave

Employee Wellbeing Support

Training and Education Support

Exclusive Discounts

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC and experience in various clinical settings.
• Knowledge of complex health conditions is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment.
• Work within MDTs to deliver coordinated rehabilitation.

Skills

Physiotherapy

Communication Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Autonomous Working

Education

Physiotherapy Degree

Job description

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Job Summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you motivated to find a role where your development is encouraged?

Job Summary

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you motivated to find a role where your development is encouraged?

If yes, you could be the right person for our Physiotherapy vacancy. The post is part of the Healthy Living Service which focusses on improving the physical health of service users across a number of services in the trust.

Working alongside staff on a range of inpatient wards, you will work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent care to service users with mental health needs. There will also be opportunities for independent working and team working. You will receive clinical supervision, an individual development plan and opportunities for skill development.

An enthusiastic, positive outlook is essential, as are strong communication skills and the ability to develop rapport with service users and multiple professionals across the trust to uphold our values of caring, compassion and keeping things simple.

Main duties of the job

We recruit people based on their valuesand qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

About Us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Date posted

24 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

173-08725-COMM

Job locations

Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Working as a specialist physiotherapist within MDTs across services, providing coordinated rehabilitation and condition management as part of service users recovery.

To provide specialist holistic and physiotherapeutic assessment and advice/treatment of service users with diverse and complex physical, cognitive, psychological and neurological presentations in a variety of settings. To develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes.

To provide physiotherapy advice and support to other professions within the wider multidisciplinary team and external agencies. To act as a clinical resource, problem solving issues relating to care of the service users.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties, which are within your scope of practice, as an autonomous practitioner within the Healthy Living Service.

To hold responsibility for own caseload working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular 1:1 clinical and managerial sessions, formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and multi-disciplinary team discussion. Actively participate in and provide clinical supervision to other team members.

To undertake evidence-based audit and service improvement projects to develop own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations for changes to practice and may contribute or lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or service developments.

To plan, co-ordinate and deliver physiotherapy related training for staff. Participate in student training as required.

Work in liaison with Healthy Living Service team and other multi professional staff in the service line.

Promote the benefits of active lifestyles and link to improved mental health.

To maintain clear links with your professional structures and your professions lead within the trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and the adherence to your professions standards and code of practice.

The postholder will be required to utilise a wide range of communication skills in a variety of contexts on a daily basis related to fulfilling their role.

To demonstrate experience / interest in working in a mental health setting

Comprehensive, in-depth knowledge and understanding of clinical physiotherapy and evidence of the physiotherapy management of a wide range of complex clinical conditions

To be able to work autonomously using own initiative

To working as part of a multidisciplinary team

To participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development Plan (PDP) as appraisee and appraiser and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development programmes to meet set knowledge and competencies.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices using Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with clinical specialist or manager and to make recommendations for change.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance, Risk Management and CQC

requirements and apply to work situation.

To share responsibility (with physiotherapy colleagues) for the day-to-day management, education, and appraisal of physiotherapy students during placements.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation/multi-pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate assessment/diagnosis of their condition.

To implement strategies to empower patients and families/carers to take a lead role in their rehabilitation and long-term management of their condition.

To formulate, deliver and evaluate individual physiotherapy treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of a variety treatment skills.

Formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at theJob Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Working as a specialist physiotherapist within MDTs across services, providing coordinated rehabilitation and condition management as part of service users recovery.

To provide specialist holistic and physiotherapeutic assessment and advice/treatment of service users with diverse and complex physical, cognitive, psychological and neurological presentations in a variety of settings. To develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes.

To provide physiotherapy advice and support to other professions within the wider multidisciplinary team and external agencies. To act as a clinical resource, problem solving issues relating to care of the service users.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties, which are within your scope of practice, as an autonomous practitioner within the Healthy Living Service.

To hold responsibility for own caseload working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular 1:1 clinical and managerial sessions, formal training, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and multi-disciplinary team discussion. Actively participate in and provide clinical supervision to other team members.

To undertake evidence-based audit and service improvement projects to develop own and teams clinical practice. Make recommendations for changes to practice and may contribute or lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or service developments.

To plan, co-ordinate and deliver physiotherapy related training for staff. Participate in student training as required.

Work in liaison with Healthy Living Service team and other multi professional staff in the service line.

Promote the benefits of active lifestyles and link to improved mental health.

To maintain clear links with your professional structures and your professions lead within the trust. Support the professions development and modernisation and the adherence to your professions standards and code of practice.

The postholder will be required to utilise a wide range of communication skills in a variety of contexts on a daily basis related to fulfilling their role.

To demonstrate experience / interest in working in a mental health setting

Comprehensive, in-depth knowledge and understanding of clinical physiotherapy and evidence of the physiotherapy management of a wide range of complex clinical conditions

To be able to work autonomously using own initiative

To working as part of a multidisciplinary team

To participate in the staff appraisal scheme and Personal Development Plan (PDP) as appraisee and appraiser and be responsible for complying with your agreed personal development programmes to meet set knowledge and competencies.

To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices using Evidence Based Practice projects, audit and outcome measures, either individually or with clinical specialist or manager and to make recommendations for change.

To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance, Risk Management and CQC

requirements and apply to work situation.

To share responsibility (with physiotherapy colleagues) for the day-to-day management, education, and appraisal of physiotherapy students during placements.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with a complex presentation/multi-pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to provide an accurate assessment/diagnosis of their condition.

To implement strategies to empower patients and families/carers to take a lead role in their rehabilitation and long-term management of their condition.

To formulate, deliver and evaluate individual physiotherapy treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of a variety treatment skills.

Formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive discharge plans.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at theJob Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Physiotherapy degree
  
  

Skills

Essential

• registered with HCPC
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a variety of clinical settings
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• experience of complex health conditions
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• experience of complex health conditions
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Becklin Centre

Leeds

LS9 7BE

Employer's website

https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

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