Job summary

We are looking for someone who shares our values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. At Antelope House, we are dedicated to the treatment and recovery of mental health. We recognise the whole person and we see that patients are presenting with increasing physical health complexity, frailty, mobility difficulties and co-existing long-term health conditions. These needs can significantly impact engagement in therapeutic activity, rehabilitation, recovery and discharge planning. We want to pilot physiotherapy provision in Antelope House to demonstrate the value of the profession and to evaluate the impact of physiotherapy provision on physical health outcomes, rehabilitation, falls prevention, patient experience and operational efficiency.

You will have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development working across a cohesive multidisciplinary team.

This role can be offered as a 6 month internal secondment for current HIOWH NHS FT employees or as a a 6 month fixed term contract to external Trust applicants. It is a part time role, 15 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Antelope House has four wards. Saxon Ward (for men) and Trinity Ward (for women) both treat people with a functional mental illnesses -- such as depression, a personality disorder or schizophrenia. Hamtun Ward, is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) whilst Abbey Ward is a female acute ward.

Main duties and tasks include:

To contribute to the inter-disciplinary working within the inpatient mental health therapy team and locality by teaching, learning & practicing inter-disciplinary skills & techniques as defined by an agreed competency framework or training scheme.

To provide specialist Physiotherapy skills to the inpatient mental health therapy and nursing team.

To assess and treat own caseload, which may include complex presentations and to maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner.

To assist senior staff in the education and supervision of junior colleagues, assistants and students.

To educate the MDT on the role of Physiotherapy in Mental Health.

To assist senior staff in development and maintenance of an efficient and effective service.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 12 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 348-SAC-12776
• Job locations: Antelope House, Brintons Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0YG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

UK Registration

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

Person specification:

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of skills across a broad range of clinical areas at band 5 level or above including, but not limited to, orthopaedics, neurology and rehabilitation
• Evidence of attendance at appropriate study days, short courses or evidence of undertaking self-study
• Able to demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development
• Experience of supervising assistants or students
• Experience of inter-disciplinary working approach
• Experience of leading projects and working autonomously

Desirable

• Experience of working in mental health services
• Experience of supervising junior grades of staff

Qualifications

Essential

• HCPC registered physiotherapist
• Relevant post registration experience including transferable skills and experience

Desirable

• Post registration qualification or University Degree
• Completion of clinical educator course

Additional Criteria

Essential

• To be:
• Approachable
• Caring
• Trustworthy and honest
• Non-judgmental
• Enthusiastic
• Creative
• Motivated
• To have:
• Integrity
• Good listening skills
• Motivational skills
• Commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice