Employer Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aldershot Centre for health Town Aldershot Salary £33,677 - £40,996 Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata. Salary period Yearly Closing 23/11/2026 23:59
Band 5 Physiotherapist, Learning disabilities
NHS AfC: Band 5
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a new Physiotherapist for our CTPLD West services. This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical expertise with collaboration, service development, and teaching, while making a meaningful impact on the lives of the people we support and their families.
As a Physiotherapist, you will empower people to achieve their goals, maximise their independence, and improve their quality of life through expert, evidence-based physiotherapy. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will deliver innovative, person-centred assessments and interventions, helping individuals overcome challenges and reach their full potential.
Main duties of the job
- To work within the ACCPLDs standards of practice and the trusts physiotherapy management pathways.
- To be able to complete comprehensive assessments with a variety of conditions within the community.
- To be able to communicate effectively with our service users, their families and carers.
- To provide advice and support for a wide variety of conditions in various different ways in the community,
- to work effectively and efficiently within the wider Multi-disciplinary team.
- To work with the wider network sending onward referrals where needed, working with wheelchair clinic, orthotics, spasticity clinics, social services occupational therapists and many other services as needed to help advocate for our service users.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please kindly see the attached job description for further details and information regarding the job role at CTPLD West
Person specification
Qualifications
- Physiotherapy professional qualification
Knowledge
- Knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
- Evidence of interest and developing skills in specialist area
Skills and experience
- Ability to travel to clinical appointments and training across the area and Trust. For example, drivers’ licence suitable for the UK and access to a vehicle for which can be used for work purposes.
- Previous experience of working with people within the clinical area (can be pre-qualification).
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Please note we have the right to close this advert early, once we reach a suitable number of applications.
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