Rotational Physiotherapist | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Brighton is seeking two ambitious and proactive Physiotherapists for an 18-month fixed-term role. You will rotate across various clinical specialties, providing excellent care and maintaining a supervised caseload. Applicants must be fully qualified and HCPC registered before October 1st, 2025. This role supports continued professional development in a compassionate and varied work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Active support networks for diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Fully qualified and HCPC registered before October 1st, 2025.
• Some previous Band 5 experience is acceptable.
• Willingness to work in various clinical specialties.

Responsibilities

• Provide physiotherapy services to patients in varied environments.
• Maintain a supervised caseload within the community.
• Engage in continuing professional development.

Skills

Ambitious

Proactive

Ability to work in varied environments

Compassionate care

Education

HCPC registration

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

We have an opportunity to recruit two Physiotherapists to our popular SCFT East Physiotherapy Rotation Scheme on an 18-month fixed term basis to cover staff secondment.

Our East Physiotherapy Rotation centres around our services across Brighton & Hove, with two rotations extending into Lewes, Wealden and Mid-Sussex.

If you are an ambitious, proactive Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportiveTrust, using your skills to provide excellent care in the community, we’dlove 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 tolivefull and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and workplace.



Main duties of the job


This supportive Band 5 Physiotherapy rotation aims to help you through the transition from student to skilled therapistand on this occasion weare looking for someone who will be fully qualified and HCPC registered before October 1st 2025 (proposed start date). We also welcome applications from those with somepreviousBand 5 experience.


You will have a supervised caseload and a programme of continuingprofessional development toassistin your progression. Our rotations enable newly qualified Physiotherapists to develop skills and competencies beyond graduate level in a variety of clinical specialties across inpatient, outpatient and community roles.


Rotations on our East Physiotherapy Rotation Scheme:
Community Therapy Teams
Community Neurological Rehabilitation
Community Respiratory Teams (inc. Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
Intermediate Care Unit (Inpatient Rehabilitation)
Falls and Fracture Prevention Service
MSK Outpatients
Home First (Supported Discharge)
In-Reach Beds (Community Therapy in reach into care home settings)
Sussex Rehabilitation Centre (Amputee Rehabilitation)

Our rotations occur on a 6 monthly basis, and you will be given the opportunity to provide your preferences for rotations, prior to rotation allocation, once you have joined our rotation scheme.


SCFT 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.

Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 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
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• 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

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 will close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early submission.

Please see attached Job Description, Personal Specification and Band 5 Handbook for further information.


This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025