Job requirements
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Essential
5 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of service development
- Experience
Experience of supervising junior staff
- Experience
Experience of supporting students
- Experience
Appropriate experience including elderly care, falls prevention, orthopaedics, MSK, Respiratory, community, discharge planning
- Qualification/skills
Qualified and registered as a physiotherapist with Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working with patients with mental health conditions
- Qualification/skills
Additional training and qualifications, Evidence of Post graduate CPD
Job overview
Physiotherapy services for Adult & Older Adult Mental Health across services in West Kent, are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our KMMH Physiotherapy team.
We are developing Physiotherapy services across mental health services and there are many new opportunities for developing physiotherapy practice and promoting the profession.
The work is varied and involves assessing and treating across sites. The post offers a service to both Adult & Older adult Acute Mental Health.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Main duties of the job
The senior physiotherapist is an experienced physiotherapist within the multi-disciplinary care team.
- To identify, develop and provide the physiotherapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the service.
- To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate therapeutic interventions for identified service users.
- To manage a defined caseload of service users with physiotherapy needs using evidence based, service user centred, hope and recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
- To provide supervision to designated junior staff and students
You will need to be innovative and be able to think out of the box to enable our patients to achieve their potential. You will be working alongside and have the support of a Physiotherapy Assistant Band 4, who will be able to carry out exercise programmes that you have prescribed. Regular clinical supervision will be provided by the Physiotherapy Team Leader.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Applicant requirements
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.
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This advert is for Senior Physiotherapist with Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust in Maidstone, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Physiotherapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Sep 2026.
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