Senior Physiotherapist

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated, and forward‑thinking Physiotherapist to join our adult mental health inpatient services across The Bay Network. This role forms part of our growing Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce, working alongside Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.

This post is part of the Mental Health Inpatient Physiotherapy Team, providing specialist physiotherapy input across all mental health inpatient wards within the LSCFT footprint. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to clinical leadership, service development, and the ongoing professional growth of the team.

We are seeking an individual who is keen to build on their clinical and leadership skills and contribute to a culture of learning, excellence and development within the AHP community. A specialist interest in frailty, falls prevention, or physical health in mental health would be desirable, though not essential. Most importantly, you will be committed to delivering high quality, person‑centred care and will be supported to reach your full potential as both a clinician and a developing leader.

• Provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy input to the mental health physiotherapy team.
• Work required hours over 5 days, Monday to Friday, between 08:30am and 16:30pm, depending on service need.
• Assess and treat inpatients within an inpatient ward setting as an autonomous practitioner.
• Conduct physio therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
• Hold responsibility for own complex caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, working without direct supervision.
• Ensure personal development and participate in the development of others.
• Supervise, educate and assess the performance of physiotherapy students to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the degree standard.
• Undertake evidence‑based audit and contribute to research projects.
• Make recommendations to the clinical lead/manager for service improvement.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT supports flexible working. We believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi‑time.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Sam Bennett

Job title:

Consultant Physiotherapist
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