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Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

Integrated Care System

Colchester

On-site

GBP 38,000 - 45,000

Full time

20 days ago

Job summary

An Integrated Care System in Colchester is seeking a Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to join their community neurological rehabilitation service. The role involves working with patients suffering from neurological conditions and requires significant experience and knowledge in this area. Candidates should possess a relevant degree, be HCPC registered, and demonstrate leadership capabilities. With a commitment to professional growth, the organization offers competitive salaries and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme
27 days annual leave
NHS discounts
Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

  • Proven Band 7 level experience in neurological outpatient and community settings.
  • Experience in managing MND and PD.
  • Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop services in the community neurological rehabilitation.
  • Work alongside a multidisciplinary team, providing person-centered care.
  • Conduct home visits and manage a caseload of patients.

Skills

Clinical Leadership
Teaching Skills
Neurological Assessment

Education

Degree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
HCPC Registration
Post registration training in neurological physiotherapy

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Physiotherapist

The closing date is 30 July 2025

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to work as part of our community neurological rehabilitation service based at Colchester General Hospital and working within the surrounding North East Essex community.

This fixed term post is to cover maternity leave with an end date of 30th April 2026.

We are an established and respected multi-disciplinary outpatient and community team providing long-term management for people with neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neuron disease and traumatic brain injury. We also provide the

vestibular rehabilitation service.

Due to the community working nature of the role (working in clinics in Harwich and Clacton and home visits) a car owner and driver is essential.

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside other Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, a Neuro Nurse Specialist and Rehabilitation Assistants to lead and develop services. Experience in the management of all neurological conditions is required and specialist skills and knowledge in working with people with MND and Parkinson's Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Cortico-basal Syndrome (CBS) is desired.

We work closely with other agencies including the voluntary sector to provide person centred care. You will be an excellent communicator with proven knowledge, leadership skills, and experience of working with people with neurological conditions and their families. We are looking for someone with the passion to promote and develop the service.

About us

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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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification
Experience
  • oProven Band 7 level experience of working in neurological out-patient and community settings
  • oEvidence of continued professional development
  • oSpecialist knowledge and experience of assessment and management of MND and PD
  • oA basic awareness of vestibular & balance dysfunction and assessment, with ambition to increase these knowledge & skills
  • oExperience of research
  • oRobust understanding of all aspects of Clinical Governance including previous experience of quality issues, audit and risk management
Qualifications
  • oDegree/Diploma in Physiotherapy
  • oHCPC Registration
  • oWorking at Masters Level as demonstrated by ongoing CPD
  • oPost registration training in neurological physiotherapy
  • oRecognised post graduate qualification e.g. MSc , Non-medical prescribing
  • oMembership of Special Interest Group e.g.: ACPIN, ACPIVR
Skills
  • oAble to work independently and in a team
  • oCar owner and driver
  • oProven clinical leadership ability
  • oConfidence in teaching multi-disciplinary staff groups
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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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