We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Band 7 Mental Health Physiotherapy Lead to provide clinical leadership across our inpatient services for Older Adults, Adults, and Specialist Directorates. This role is ideal for a highly motivated physiotherapist who thrives in a fast‑paced multidisciplinary environment and is passionate about delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care.
You will lead and support physiotherapy teams across a diverse range of mental health inpatient wards, ensuring excellent clinical standards, effective service delivery, and a culture of continuous improvement. The postholder will play a key role in shaping service development, supporting workforce growth, and driving innovation in rehabilitation pathways, promoting the role of physiotherapy within mental health settings and a driving a holistic approach to patient care.
To be the lead for the Mental Health Physiotherapy Team within the Trust.
To set and provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice to patients with mental health needs, carers and families. Undertaking the lead role in the assessment, diagnosis and formulation of physiotherapy treatment plans.
To provide clinical and operational supervision, and act as a source of specialist advice and education to physiotherapists, technical instructors and assistants, as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team.
To lead on, and co-ordinate, opportunities for service review and development within the team.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
To be responsible for own practice and accountable for all aspects of
physiotherapy treatment and care delivered to the patient.
To undertake highly specialised physiotherapy assessment and treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
To assess, diagnose and develop individual care/treatment plans for a range of adult/older people conditions, some of which will be highly complex or will be for patients with complex clinical, social and psychiatric needs. This frequently involves the use of manual physiotherapy skills and therapeutic exercise interventions.
To be responsible for reassessing patient care as treatment progresses and alter treatment programmes using knowledge and skills underpinned by clinical experience and best practice.
Keep the patients at the centre of care, collaborating in decision making.
Be able to analyse clinical and social information from a range of sources and integrate into physiotherapy assessment and development of care/treatment plan.
Be able to motivate and encourage patients of all ages with a range of complex conditions / disabilities to work with treatment programmes and work towards treatment goals.
Be able to analyse clinical and social information from a range of sources and integrate into physiotherapy assessment and development of care/treatment plan.
Encourage patients and their carers in an active approach to regaining and maintaining personal independence. This requires empathy, sensitivity and good interpersonal skills.
To be a source of clinical expertise and advice for physiotherapy colleagues within the team and also senior colleagues from other CPFT teams when required.
To provide highly specialist advice on patient care to inpatients. This may involve challenging or requesting changes to treatment programmes/care plans set by other professionals.
