Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Mental Health Physiotherapy Team Lead
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Band 7 Mental Health Physiotherapy Lead
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.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
- Shape service development, support workforce growth, and drive innovation in rehabilitation pathways, promoting the role of physiotherapy within mental health settings and a holistic approach to patient care.
- Set and provide a high standard of specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and advice to patients with mental health needs, carers, and families.
- Undertake the lead role in the assessment, diagnosis, and formulation of physiotherapy treatment plans.
- 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.
- Lead on, and coordinate, opportunities for service review and development within the team.
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About Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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
- Research and development
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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.
Application Process
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.
Contact Information
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Sidi Akpoyibo
- Job title: Modern Matron
- Email address: Sidi.Akpoyibo@cpft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01733 776047
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