Senior Physiotherapist

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

Physiotherapy services for Younger & Older Adult Mental Health Inpatient services in Kent & Medway partnership Trust.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic Senior Physiotherapist to join our KMPT Physiotherapy team. We are in the process of redesigning and developing Physiotherapy services across all of our mental health inpatient wards and there are many new opportunities for developing physiotherapy practice and promoting the profession.

The work is varied and involves assessing and treating in-patients at our Maidstone, Priority House site. The post offers a service to both Younger & Older adult Acute Mental Health Inpatients. 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.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Date posted

20 September 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-OP0071-C

Job locations

Priority House

Hermitage lane

Maidstone

ME16 9QQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Offering Physiotherapy assessment & Interventions

Supervising a Band 4 Assistant Physiotherapist

Maintaining quality & Governance of Physiotherapy service

Offering student placements

Supporting the development of Physiotherapy within KMPT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Offering Physiotherapy assessment & Interventions

Supervising a Band 4 Assistant Physiotherapist

Maintaining quality & Governance of Physiotherapy service

Offering student placements

Supporting the development of Physiotherapy within KMPT

Person Specification

Qualification/skills

Essential

Professional qualification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of Post graduate CPD & Development

Person Specification

Qualification/skills

Essential

Professional qualification

Experience

Essential

Evidence of Post graduate CPD & Development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.