The North Somerset area of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) is now seeking an enthusiastic physiotherapist to work within a mental health setting across both Inpatients and Community, to use their skills to assess and treat people with both mental health and physical problems. This unique opportunity will see you providing physiotherapy interventions across both adults of working age and later life.

This exciting opportunity will allow you to utilise your skills as a holistic, autonomous practitioner while also having the support from the multi- professional team and wider Physiotherapy team. Within the post you will work with Community referred service users whilst also supporting your fellow physiotherapist at the Long Fox Unit. You will complete comprehensive physiotherapy assessment which will be delivered through a combination of individual specialist assessments and group work.

The post holder will require excellent and adaptable communication skills and require a level of sensitivity and flexibility. You are required to manage a complex caseload and be able to prioritise effectively to meet the demands of the service. The post holder will be required to take students from the surrounding universities and provide regular supervision and training to support staff. Within the trust there are excellent training opportunities and CPD development and you will be provided with regular supervision within Trust guidance.

Main duties of the job

You will be providing physiotherapy interventions via referrals in and around the North Somerset Community setting and support your fellow physiotherapist across the wards at The Long Fox Unit, both adults or working age and later life.

You will work closely with the team in North Somerset and Bristol and across the geography of AWP with many well-established staff. You will have a wide variety of skills and be able to adapt to the needs of service users.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust); a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.