Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist and motivated Physiotherapist to join the new Intensive Home Treatment Team for Adult's with an Eating Disorder. This new service aims to increase support to individuals by wrapping around the care provision provided by their Community Eating Disorder Team in a supported way to promoting recovery from an Eating Disorder.

Your clinical skills will involve working with severe/complex individuals with an Eating Disorder and have an excellent understanding of physiotherapy focused evidence based assessments and skills to provide interventions and support in a community setting.

Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of a small team of professionals providing assessment, treatment and interventions to adults with an Eating Disorder. Individuals who will be accessing the service will be from Devon and Cornwall and interventions are aimed at preventing an admission to a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit and supporting early discharge in a stepped down way from a Specialist Eating Disorder Unit back into the Community. The Intensive Home Treatment Team will be reviewed and monitored as a new service with a formal evaluation taking place at the end of the 12 month period. We hope that individuals feel well supported, learn new skills and can make positive changes towards recovery.

As a new service we will need the candidate to be proactive, creative, be able to work well with others and have the capacity to offer lots of energy and ideas.

Please see attached job description for full details of role.

About us

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9369-25-0266

Job locations

Wonford House

Dryden Road

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5AF

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide expert physiotherapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge of patients who access DPTs Eating Disorder Services and Pathways.

To supervise and teach physiotherapy students, junior staff and other personnel, acting as a source of specialist advice as appropriate

To work multi-professionally for efficient and effective patient care.

To educate, liaise with and provide recommendations to the multidisciplinary team with regard to optimal physiotherapy management in eating disorders.

To take clinical responsibility for all designated specialist work within eating disorders including adherence to and implementation of national clinical guidelines and evidence based practice.

To regularly undertake audit and research to further evidence-based practice within own clinical practice, team and wider physiotherapy service.

To act independently to formulate, implement, evaluate and deliver specialised Physiotherapy treatment within the Eating Disorder Service and Pathway.

Please see attached Job Description for full details of role.