# Senior Physiotherapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- **Location:** Priority House (ME16 9PH)
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Physiotherapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14T15:10:49.635Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Maidstone/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Physiotherapy_Mental_Health_Services/Physiotherapy_Mental_Health_Services-v8281524
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8281524?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of service development
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Experience of supporting students
- Appropriate experience including elderly care, falls prevention, orthopaedics, MSK, Respiratory, community, discharge planning

**Desirable**

- Experience of working with patients with mental health conditions

### Qualification/skills

**Essential**

- Qualified and registered as a physiotherapist with Health and Care Professions Council.

**Desirable**

- Additional training and qualifications, Evidence of Post graduate CPD

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394)
- [band 6 physiotherapist job description (pdf, 299.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10601493)

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