Job overview

We have a great opportunity for two motivated, enthusiastic and reliable Band 3 Physiotherapy Assistants, with an interest in working in our Acute Inpatient Mental Health team.

The posts involve delivering guided physiotherapy intervention for people with a range of mental health conditions. The post will cover psychiatric intensive care units, treatment wards, older adult wards, dementia settings, mental health rehabilitation settings, learning disability units and an eating disorder clinic.

The post will include delivering clinical work both with individuals and in group settings, non-clinical house-keeping duties, equipment management and close MDT working. There will also be an opportunity for development of knowledge and skills around this complex and varied client group. The postholder will be supported by the qualified Physiotherapists and the wider AHP team.

Good written and verbal communication skills, as well as IT skills, are essential. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and responsibly, to meet the needs of the client group, as part of an MDT and at times independently.

The role will by based in Coventry and involve some travel around bases in Warwick, Coventry, and Nuneaton. Car driver is essential.

Main duties of the job

The posts include clinical work, non-clinical house-keeping duties, equipment management and close MDT working. There will also be an opportunity for development of knowledge and skills around this complex and varied client group. The post-holder will be supported by the qualified Physiotherapists and the wider AHP team.

Good written and verbal communication skills, as well as IT skills and physical fitness, are essential. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to work efficiently and responsibly, to meet the needs of the client group, as part of an MDT and at times independently.

A car driver is essential.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• ·         generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• ·         excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• ·         salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• ·         discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes  wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more 
• staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.