Physiotherapist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Horsham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading community NHS Trust as a Band 5 Physiotherapist, where you will deliver personalized care, enhance your skills, and contribute to evolving health outcomes within the Horsham Intermediate Care unit. We aim to empower individuals to lead active lives through compassionate support, teamwork, and robust professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Positive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Eager to grow and make a difference in patient care.
• Experience in providing evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, individualized, evidence-based care to patients.
• Operate effectively within a team and oversee your own caseload.
• Engage in continuous professional development.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

Join Our Team as a Band 5 Physiotherapist!

If you are an ambitious, proactive Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportive Trust, using your skills to provide excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you.

Here at SCFT our aim is to maximise opportunities for the people living in our communities to be as independent as possible in ‘what matters to them’. Our Physiotherapy teams support people to live full and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and workplace.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join team at Horsham Hospital Intermediate care unit. We are seeking candidates with excellent interpersonal and communication skills who are eager to grow and make a difference. You will have a supervised caseload and a programme of continuing professional development to assist in your progression.

In This Role, You Will

• Provide high-quality, individualized, evidence-based care to all patients.
• Ensure confidentiality, privacy, and dignity of patients at all times.
• Engage in continuous professional development (CPD) to adapt and grow.
• Operate effectively within a team, contributing to team decisions.
• Oversee your own caseload, prioritizing tasks accordingly.
• Educate patients, carers, and peers.
• Maintain accurate records in line with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) standards.
• Utilize flexible problem-solving skills and outcome measures to demonstrate the effectiveness of your interventions.
  
  

You will be supported by Band 7 and Band 6 colleagues and benefit from a comprehensive range of in-service training to meet your learning needs.

If This Is Your First Band 5 Post Since Graduating, You Will Be Invited To Take Part In Our Structured Preceptorship Programme Which Aims

• To successfully help new starters integrate into their new role
• To build confidence and competence
• To help you settle in to your new career with SCFT
• To facilitate your journey to a fully autonomous practitioner.
  
  

The programme will include a variety of trainings, watched assessments, and opportunities to network and learn throughout your first year in employment.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
  
  

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Anderson Job title: Therapy Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07884828361