Senior Physiotherapist

Physiotherapy services for Adult & Older Adult Mental Health across services in West Kent within Kent & Medway Partnership Trust are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist to join our KMPT Physiotherapy team.

We are in the process of redesigning and developing Physiotherapy services across mental health services and there are many new opportunities for developing physiotherapy practice and promoting the profession.

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).

The work is varied and involves assessing and treating across sites. The post offers a service to both Adult & Older adult Acute Mental Health.

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.

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway.

Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple:
We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.

Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification

• Additional training and qualifications

• Evidence of Post graduate CPD
• Evidence of service development
• Evidence of supervising junior staff
• Evidence of supporting students
• Experience of core specialities
• Experience of working with elderly clients
• Evidence of communication skills
• Experience of working with mental health conditions

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.