Physiotherapist (6 month fixed term)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Allied Health Professional team in Older Adult Urgent Care Mental Health within the Black Country. The role will allow the successful applicant to develop clinical and leadership skills in a fast paced hospital environments, whilst working as part of a multi professional team on the Older Adult Urgent Care Wards. This is an opportunity to establish your skills and knowledge in a specialist Physiotherapy service and be part of striving for excellence for our patient population. The Trust is dedicated to the development of its staff and there are a wide range of learning and training opportunities available.

The multi-disciplinary team provides both specialist assessments to service users experiencing acute mental health crisis and offers a needs led, recovery focused, individual and group based activity and therapy programme, supporting individuals recovering from mental health crisis and additional physical health conditions.

We are looking for somebody who is ambitious, enthusiastic, has a desire to learn, with a genuine interest in working with this patient group., The post holder will plan and provide high standard Physiotherapy assessment and treatment interventions to older adults with mental health needs, including dementia and mental health diagnosis', within specified inpatient and/or community settings. The post holderwill develop their evidence based knowledge and client centred practice in this field to assess, plan, implement and evaluate one to one and group based interventions within the setting.The post holder will be expected to allocate work to Physiotherapy Assistants and provide ongoing support on a daily basis, as well as supervision.To work across the Black Country area within the Physiotherapy teams to cover and support in times of high clinical demand. The hospital locations include Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton. The post holder will be required to work primarily within Busheyfields Hospital however may be required to cover clinical need at another site.

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive workforce. One that will give talented Professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform acute and community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.

The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country . We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.

This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.