Community Physiotherapist

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 March 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ipswich East Community Team. We are looking for an experienced band 6 Physiotherapist who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within patient's homes.

This is a full-time position, with hours/pattern of work to be negotiated. We are fortunate enough to be co-located with our nursing, social care colleagues and the out of hours REACT, admission prevention and discharge to assess teams.

This is an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable experienced team and wider MDT. You should be flexible, motivated and willing to work within a changing environment. We will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical rolling skills training via the practice development facilitators. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring community teams in Health and Social Care.

We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training program with career progression opportunities within the clinical and managerial fields. The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area. Main Responsibilities:

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• To provide high standard patient care in hospital settings and patients homes.
  
• To ensure a more seamless flow for patient care between hospital and community settings, enabling patients to be cared for in their ownhome environment.
  
• To provide supervision and support to more junior staff.
  
• To Triage referrals to the community team.
  

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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• Diploma or 1st Level degree in Physiotherapy (or equivalent)
  
• Current HCPC registration
  
• Clinical educators course within the first year
  
• Must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle or viable alternative
  
• Independent/supplementary prescribing qualification
  
• Coaching skills
  
• Additional leadership qualification
  

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• Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
  
• Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting
  
• Evidence of previous community experience
  

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• Able to demonstrate the ability to work at relevant level
  
• Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
  
• In-depth knowledge of working within the NHS
  
• Able to provide high standards of clinical intervention
  
• Able to review and reflect on own practice and performance and develop a PDP
  
• Able to support other staff to review and reflect on their practice and develop a PDP
  
• Able to support workplace learning for staff and students, and specifically act as a field work educator, and preceptor
  
• Able to analyse complex professional and ethical issues
  
• Able to demonstrate the ability to work within a community health team
  
• Able to demonstrate the management of complex casework
  

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust