Newcastle Older Person's Community Mental Health Services are looking to recruit a Band 6 Chartered and HCPC Registered Physiotherapist. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with experience of working within a community setting, with mental health experience, or a similar type of clinical setting with transferable skills.
This is an exciting opportunity working across Newcastle's Older Person's Community Treatment Team providing specialist assessment and interventions to service users with dementia and complex, enduring mental health conditions. This post will include working one day per week into the Regional Affective Disorder ward Gibside (RADS) based at St Nicholas Hospital Newcastle. Here they provide inpatient care for patients with difficult to treat mood disorders. All admissions to Gibside ward are planned and begin with a predefined assessment period. Pharmacological interventions are usually offered and guided by the assessment of the medical and nursing team. The role of the physiotherapist on the ward varies between patients and can include completing assessment and interventions, creating and adapting gym and exercise program, delegating task to physiotherapy assistants, running exercise groups. There will be opportunities to work with physiotherapists across the trust through regular peer supervision and in-service training.
* To be responsible for the specialist assessment and management and physiotherapy service provision for service users who have a variety of complex physiotherapy needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health, learning disabilities and / or Neurological conditions.
* To manage and provide on-going specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment using evidence based practice.
* The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered and that this maximises independence and promotes recovery and wellbeing.
* To facilitate the delivery of Physiotherapy Student Education within the clinical setting.
* To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
* To apply sound core clinical skills to ensure effective service delivery of a wide range of conditions from all areas of physiotherapy.
* To be responsible for the specialist assessment, management of interventions for service users who have a variety of complex needs, diverse presentations.
* To use excellent communication skills to enhance and develop working relationships within the MDT.
* To provide clinical supervision and leadership to staff.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Our Vision is: "We Strive to provide the best care, delivered by the best people, to achieve the best outcomes".
To be responsible for the specialist assessment and management and physiotherapy service provision for service users who have a variety of complex physiotherapy needs, diverse presentations, and a range of mental health and / or Neurological conditions.
To triage and prioritise physiotherapy referrals to implement effective and timely caseload management.
To provide on-going specialist physiotherapy assessment and treatment using evidence-based practice.
The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered and that this maximises independence and promotes recovery and wellbeing.
To provide clinical supervision, support, teaching and leadership to staff and contribute to in service training.
To facilitate the delivery of physiotherapy student education within the clinical setting.
Participate in service improvement and assist with the implementation of specific changes to practice and contribute to service protocols.
To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
An informal visit to both departments is welcomed.
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 16th September 2025
Closing date : 30th September 2025
We welcome your application.