Physiotherapist - REACT

East Suffolk And North Essex Nhs Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join the Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) in Ipswich. The REACT team delivers a multi-disciplinary, integrated community service including Urgent Community Response, OPAT, OOHs and the Frailty Virtual Ward; successful candidates will work across pathways in collaboration with ESNEFT.

This Full-time role offers up to 37.5 hours per week with shifts between 8am and 8pm, and the chance to

Responsibilities

• To be an active member of a multi-disciplinary, integrated community team.
• To manage a defined caseload of complex individuals, using evidence based/person centred principles.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy interventions.
• To provide leadership within the therapy team
• To provide clinical supervision to band 5 physiotherapists and supervise band 3 and 4 support staff.
• To effectively triage and schedule all therapy referrals to the service in accordance with Trust's policies and procedures and advise junior colleagues on more complex issues.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of multiple and complex health needs.
• To utilise a high level of clinical knowledge and experience to carry out assessments, setting objectives and implementing appropriate treatment, as part of the holistic care plan for individuals and/or groups.

Job description

Physiotherapist - REACT | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Company: Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours: Full-time
Location: Ipswich, IP1 2DH
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 29 Sept 2026
Closing date: 29 Oct 2026

Summary

An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Band 6 Physiotherapist. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating, Urgent Community Response service, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients. This role will be working for our Urgent Community Response Team which has developed pathways with East of England Ambulance Service and the Frailty Virtual Ward, two new and exciting government initiatives.

Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in Ipswich and the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team?

The role will be for up to 37.5 hours per week, including weekdays & weekends.

Staff are expected to work 8am to 8pm shifts across the week.

• To be an active member of a multi-disciplinary, integrated community team.
• To manage a defined caseload of complex individuals, using evidence based/person centred principles.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy interventions.
• To provide leadership within the therapy team
• To provide clinical supervision to band 5 physiotherapists and supervise band 3 and 4 support staff.
• To effectively triage and schedule all therapy referrals to the service in accordance with Trust's policies and procedures and advise junior colleagues on more complex issues.
• To manage a caseload of patients with a range of multiple and complex health needs.
• To utilise a high level of clinical knowledge and experience to carry out assessments, setting objectives and implementing appropriate treatment, as part of the holistic care plan for individuals and/or groups.

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 the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, 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 that Time Matters to 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.

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026