Physical Health Therapies Lead | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Recognising the key role of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) in bridging the gap between mental and physical health to address health inequalities in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, we are delighted to offer an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic Physiotherapist, Speech and Language Therapist or Dietitianto lead our Physical Health Therapies Team for adult inpatients across the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT).

This role involves managing a team of different AHP professionals to provide holistic physical health care for mental health patients, ensuring best practice and overseeing key service areas including falls, moving and handling and physical exercise/activity.

This is a pivotal role and would suit an experienced clinical leader with the drive and passion to deliver high-quality therapy services to people with mental health conditions.

The successful applicant will be an integral member of our AHP Leadership team, providing professional leadership across our AHP community the Unplanned Care Group and will be supported by the Unplanned Care Head AHPs.

We also actively encourage and support a range of continuing personal and professional development, quality improvement and research and innovation opportunities.

• The Physical Health Therapies Team will deliver a Physiotherapy and Speech and LanguageTherapy service, aswellDieteticsandPodiatry provision. Theservicewillworkin collaboration with established AHP teams and other Physical Health colleagues within each inpatient service to deliver physical health interventions for adult service users on acute mental health wards within the North London NHS Foundation Trust.
• Thepostholderwillprovide clinical,operational,andprofessional leadershipand managementtothePhysicalHealthTherapiesservice(andwiderAHPservicesas required) and be responsible for the design, delivery, and development of high-quality care within this new service in line with advances in evidence-informed practice, digital transformation, commissioning changes, etc.
• They will autonomously utilise highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, and management to services users with physical health presentations,thusoptimisingtheclinicalpathway,andguideandsupportothersto do the same. Additionally, this post will act as the manual handling lead for Allied Health Professionals in the care group, supporting AHP staff with training, modelling and guiding on best practice.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT)is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

1. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

1. We will offergreat placesto work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop andretainour staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annualleaveand NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order tomeet the needs of the Trust you may berequiredfrom time to time to work atdifferent locationsto your normal place of work. This may mean that youare required towork at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield,Haringeyor Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities are outlined in the attached document, titled Job Description and Person Specification

This advert closes on Thursday 30 Jul 2026