Physiotherapist ¿ Mental Health Inpatient Services: Sponsorship Available

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you a passionate Physiotherapist looking to combine your physical health expertise with a truly holistic approach to patient care? Join Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and help shape a specialist physiotherapy service that supports adults and older adults receiving inpatient mental health care across our Taunton and Yeovil sites.

In this rewarding role, you will play a vital part in improving mobility, independence, physical wellbeing, and quality of life for people experiencing severe and complex mental health difficulties. Working as an integral member of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will help patients overcome the physical challenges that can accompany mental illness, promoting recovery and enabling safer, more successful discharge from hospital.

This is a unique opportunity to work across a diverse inpatient service where no two days are the same. You’ll have the autonomy to manage a varied caseload, contribute to innovative service development, support colleagues and learners, and help strengthen the physical health agenda within mental health services. If you’re motivated by making a genuine difference and enjoy working collaboratively in a specialist environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As our Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will:

  • Deliver specialist physiotherapy assessments, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and older adults receiving mental health inpatient care.
  • Support patients with mobility difficulties, falls prevention, balance and gait problems, deconditioning, neurological conditions, musculoskeletal presentations, and long-term physical health needs.
  • Develop personalised treatment programmes that promote physical activity, functional independence, rehabilitation, and overall wellbeing.
  • Work closely with nurses, doctors, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals to provide joined-up, recovery-focused care.
  • Contribute to care planning, risk management, discharge planning, and physical health initiatives across inpatient services.
  • Deliver individual and group interventions tailored to patients’ needs and goals.
  • Support students, assistants and junior colleagues through supervision, teaching and development opportunities.
  • Participate in quality improvement projects, audits and service development activities that help shape the future of physiotherapy within mental health services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy or equivalent; HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
  • Postgraduate training in mental health or relevant fields

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience as a physiotherapist in NHS or equivalent setting; experience working with adults

Desirable

  • Experience working in acute mental health inpatient wards, secure settings or PICU
  • Falls and Frailty management experience

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Recovery-focused practice

Desirable

  • Knowledge of physical health promotion within mental health care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit somersetft.tal.net.