Senior Nurse/Senior Physiotherapist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a band 6 Physiotherapist/Nurse to join the Community Respiratory Service. The role involves delivering pulmonary rehabilitation and supporting patients in community settings. Applicants must have experience in respiratory care and a driving licence. The position offers career development opportunities, flexible working, and NHS benefits including a generous pension scheme and annual leave.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience in community or respiratory settings as a band 6 or band 5.
• Driving licence & access to a car.
• Skills in engaging with people and maintaining motivation.
• Good grasp of pulmonary rehabilitation principles; familiarity with guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Focus on pulmonary rehabilitation classes in various venues.
• Engage with patients and apply problem-solving approaches.
• Complete assessment, care planning, and interventions.
• Work autonomously on home visits, especially on weekends.

Skills

Community experience

Respiratory experience

Motivational skills

Problem-solving skills

Autonomy

Job description

Overview

Are you a band 6 Physiotherapist/Nurse or band 5 looking for the next step in your career? Do you have community or respiratory experience? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our service in North East Essex.

The Community Respiratory Service is an integrated team of physiotherapists, nurses & support staff who deliver pulmonary rehabilitation, COPD optimisation, respiratory virtual ward, home oxygen & respiratory physiotherapy for people out of hospital. That may be in clinics, community venues or people’s homes.

You would be working with a team who are passionate about delivering community care to patients living with chronic respiratory conditions. The team work closely to support each other, problem solve with our complex patients, and work closely with our colleagues in Consultant lead palliative care.

Due to the nature of community work & the community locations for our clinics, a driving licence & access to a car are essential.

This is an exciting time for the service as we review & improve it to meet the standards for pulmonary rehab accreditation & increase uptake on our virtual wards.

Responsibilities

• Focus on pulmonary rehabilitation classes provided in a range of venues across North East Essex; may also carry out home visits to patients for assessment/review within your scope of skills to support effective team working.
• Engage with people, put them at ease and use motivational skills. Apply problem solving/asset-based approaches to help people overcome barriers to pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Have a good grasp of the principles of pulmonary rehabilitation and be familiar with and able to discuss how to apply the British Thoracic Society guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Complete assessment, care planning, education, interventions to support respiratory management & liaison with other healthcare professionals.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner on home visits; at weekends you will be a lone worker, with support available from team & division colleagues when needed.
• Current duties may include evenings as part of an expanded pulmonary rehabilitation offer; this will be planned via rosters.

Qualifications/Experience

• Experience in community or respiratory settings; band 6 or band 5 background.
• Driving licence & access to a car (essential).
• Skills in engaging with people, putting them at ease and maintaining motivation.
• Good grasp of pulmonary rehabilitation principles; familiar with British Thoracic Society guidelines.
• Flexible to rosters including potential evenings.

About ESNEFT and Benefits

We are ESNEFT and 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 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.

Additional

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 Thursday 6 Nov 2025