Senior Physiotherapist

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking enthusiastic individuals for the role of Senior Physiotherapist. The position includes opportunities for both full-time and part-time work, where successful candidates will evaluate and provide evidence-based treatment to a diverse range of patients. Responsibilities include managing caseloads, formulating treatment plans, and participating in the supervision and education of staff and students. Benefits include flexible working options, comprehensive training opportunities, and NHS discounts.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Unsocial hours payments

Access to NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Demonstrable evidence of working independently as a physiotherapist.
• Experience in supervising students and delegating tasks to assistants.
• Knowledge of local community services and discharge pathways.

Responsibilities

• Perform evidence-based physiotherapeutic assessment and deliver treatment programmes.
• Formulate treatment plans considering patients' personal goals.
• Manage clinical risks within patient caseload and ensure accountability.

Skills

Assessment and treatment

Clinical reasoning

Supervision of staff

Communication skills

Education

BSc / MSc Physiotherapy

HCPC Registered Physiotherapist

Completion of an appropriate leadership course

Completion of an approved University Clinical education course

Membership of CSP

Completion of an NHS Trust preceptorship program

Job description

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Physiotherapist

The closing date is 04 January 2026

We are looking for two enthusiastic individuals to join our team in North East Essex within the field of Physiotherapy. We currently have two posts to advertise:

Post 1 - Full time 37.5 hours per week

Senior Physiotherapist for NEE Community Hospitals.

The therapy team provides assessment & treatment to inpatients across Harwich & Clacton Hospital. The successful applicant is likely to be primarily based at Clacton Hospital but they will be required to work at Harwich Hospital.

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 Senior Physiotherapist who wants to specialise in this field. As well as their complex caseload, they will deputise for the Physiotherapy Team Lead in their absence, supervise rotational & unregistered staff in the team & act as clinical educator for student physiotherapists on placement from local universities. Staff are expected to participate in the 7 day working rota, but there will not be any requirement for on-call duties.

Post 2 - Part-Time 15 hours per week Thursdays & Fridays

Senior Rotational Physiotherapist

This 2 day per week post will be part of our rotational scheme.

Staff are expected to participate in 7 day working & work on the inpatient respiratory on-call rota. We would consider applicants looking to return to practice for this position.

Please Indicate clearly in your supporting information which post you would like to be considered for.

Interviews will be held in person, due to the practical nature of these posts.

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to perform safe, evidence based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations & complex physical & psychological conditions & deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options.

You’ll undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills & manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis & choose from a range of treatment options to achieve the desired goal. To formulate treatment plans & recommend best course of intervention, considering patients’ personal goals & objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

You will be responsible for your own caseload & for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision. Supervision involves regular formal training & clinical reasoning sessions, peer review & one to one assessments.

You’ll be professionally & legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including issues around consent and capacity.

To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

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 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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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
• HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
• Completion of an appropriate leadership course
• Completion of an approved University Clinical education course
• Membership of CSP
• Completion of an NHS Trust preceptorship program

Experience

• Wide range of rotational experience at Band 5 to include core areas - respiratory, ward management, Ortho / MSK and neuro/community
• Evidence of working with and delegating to assistants / technicians
• Experience of supervising students clinically.
• NHS experience as a Band 5 Physiotherapist

Knowledge

• Evidence of ongoing CPD relevant to the role.
• Evidence of Teaching / leading of IST to other staff
• Knowledge of local community services and discharge pathways
• Examples of application of current evidence based practice and critical appraisal

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

£31,049 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata