Specialist Physiotherapist

CNTW NHS Foundation Trust; North East; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Chartered Physiotherapist to join the Newcastle Older Person's Community Mental Health Services. The role involves providing specialist physiotherapy services to complex cases, collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team, and conducting assessments in community and inpatient settings. Candidates must be HCPC registered and possess experience in community and mental health settings. This position offers a dynamic environment suited for career development.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Chartered Physiotherapist (Band 6).
• Experience in community settings and mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and management for physiotherapy service users.
• Work within the Community Treatment Team for dementia and mental health.
• Conduct assessments and interventions on the ward for mood disorders.
• Create gym and exercise programs and run exercise groups.
• Provide clinical supervision and leadership.

Skills

Community experience

Mental health experience

Physiotherapy assessment

Team collaboration

Education

HCPC registered Chartered Physiotherapist

Job description

Overview

Newcastle Older Person's Community Mental Health Services are looking to recruit a Band 6 Chartered and HCPC Registered Physiotherapist. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with experience of working within a community setting, with mental health experience, or a similar type of clinical setting with transferable skills.

Role and Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and management and physiotherapy service provision for service users with complex physiotherapy needs in mental health, learning disabilities and/or neurological conditions.
• Work across Newcastle's Older Person's Community Treatment Team providing specialist assessment and interventions to service users with dementia and complex, enduring mental health conditions.
• Work one day per week into the Regional Affective Disorder ward Gibside (RADS) at St Nicholas Hospital Newcastle, providing inpatient care for patients with difficult to treat mood disorders.
• Complete assessment and interventions on the ward, create and adapt gym and exercise programs, delegate tasks to physiotherapy assistants, and run exercise groups.
• Collaborate with physiotherapists across the trust through regular peer supervision and in-service training.
• Provide on-going specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment using evidence-based practice.
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality, individualised care that maximises independence and promotes recovery and wellbeing.
• Facilitate the delivery of Physiotherapy Student Education within the clinical setting.
• Provide compassionate care based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
• Apply core clinical skills to ensure effective service delivery of a wide range of conditions from all areas of physiotherapy.
• Provide clinical supervision and leadership to staff.

Requirements/Qualifications

• HCPC registered Chartered Physiotherapist (Band 6).
• Experience in community settings and mental health or related clinical settings with transferable skills.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.