Senior Physiotherapist

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Physiotherapist to join our Older Adult Mental Health team. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary setting, supporting older adults with complex mental health needs, including dementia, depression, delirium, and other cognitive or functional impairments.

You will play a key role in promoting independence, mobility, and quality of life through holistic physiotherapy assessment and intervention. The role involves working across inpatient wards, delivering person-centred care tailored to the physical and psychological needs of this population.

As a Band 6 clinician, you will be expected to manage a varied caseload, demonstrate clinical reasoning, and contribute to service development. We are looking for a senior Physiotherapist who can work autonomously and flexibly to meet service demands. The role also includes responsibility to support and supervise junior staff, students, and therapy assistants.

The Trust is dedicated to the development of its staff and there are a wide range of learning and training opportunities available.

Main duties of the job

Deliver comprehensive physiotherapy assessments, including mobility, balance, falls risk, and functional ability

Develop and implement individualized treatment plans to optimise independence and reduce deconditioning

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team (MDT), including nurses, occupational therapists, and medical staff

Support safe discharge planning and rehabilitation pathways

Provide education and training to patients, carers, and staff

Supervise junior staff, assistants, and students

Contribute to clinical audits, service improvement, and evidence-based practice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To perform highly developed Physiotherapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.

To hold responsibility for your own case load, be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences. Access to advice and support, clinically and for caseload management, from Clinical Lead Physiotherapist is available if required.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

Supervise, educate and assess the performance of Physiotherapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.

Support evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice. Make recommendations to the Team Lead of service improvements and assist with the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service protocols.