Senior Physiotherapist

Sussex Community Nhs Foundation Trust; Horsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Career development support

Wellbeing and staff support services

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in Horsham is recruiting a Senior Community Physiotherapist to join the North Community Therapy Team. You will deliver holistic, personalized rehabilitation within a multidisciplinary setting across Horsham, Crawley, and surrounding areas.

The role offers a flexible schedule (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm with part-time options), potential career development from Band 5, and opportunities to participate in service improvement and professional development.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy.
• Current HCPC registration as a Physiotherapist.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality.
• Training in student education.
• Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range.
• Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students.
• Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and plan treatments for patients with diverse conditions, with appropriate referrals to partners.
• Lead within the MDT by allocating visits and supervising clinical and operational leads; support colleagues.
• Drive across Horsham, Crawley, and Mid-Sussex; access to a vehicle and full UK driving licence is essential.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives with training support.
• Stay current with evidence-based practice and advancing physiotherapy techniques.

Skills

Clinical skills

Advanced communication

Workload planning

Delegation

IT skills

Numeracy

Literacy

CPD

Staff supervision

Education

Physiotherapy degree

HCPC registration

Postgraduate CPD

Student education training

Job description

Job summary

Senior Community Physiotherapist Opportunity in Community Therapy Team North

Are you ready to progress your physiotherapy career? Join our dynamic North Community Therapy Team as a Senior Community Physiotherapist, where you'll deliver holistic, personalized, therapeutic care that makes a meaningful impact on people's lives.

Why Join Us?

We're offering exciting roles in our Horsham and Crawley team, where you'll be part of well-established, Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) across vibrant local communities.

What We Offer:

• Flexible Work Schedule: Our teams operate Monday to Friday, from 8 am to 6 pm (excluding bank holidays), ensuring you have the flexibility to balance your professional and personal life. Full and part time hours will be considered.
• Career Development: Whether you're an experienced Band 6 Physiotherapist or looking to advance from a Band 5 role, we provide robust support to help you thrive.
• Holistic Care: You'll conduct specialist assessments and reviews aimed at improving or maintaining quality of life. Help individuals take control of their health with tailored rehabilitation interventions, personalized care planning, and goal setting.
• Integrated Services: Enhance access to services through a coordinated MDT approach, ensuring comprehensive care for our community members.

Main duties of the job

Your Role:

• Patient Care: Conduct assessments and plan treatments for patients with diverse conditions, making appropriate referrals to our partners.
• Leadership: Contribute to the MDT by allocating visits and supporting clinical and operational leads. You'll also supervise and develop colleagues, enhancing both clinical and non-clinical skills across the four pillars of practice.
• Mobility: A full UK driving license and access to your own car is essential as you'll cover various geographic areas within the CTT North service provision (Horsham, Crawley and Mid-Sussex).
• Service development and Quality Improvement: As a growing and developing service, there are many exciting opportunities to participate in creating and implementing change and utilising new skills. This can be supported by additional training and professional development opportunities.
• Clinical Excellence: Stay at the forefront of advancements in Physiotherapy, continuously improving your practice and ensuring that interventions reflect the latest evidence-based practices

Why Our Trust?

Our Trust is dedicated to supporting your work/life balance with flexible working options and tailored support for advancing your clinical practice and leadership skills. We foster a supportive, positive environment where you can grow professionally and personally. There are numerous Wellbeing and staff support services available to support a healthy work life balance.

About us

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 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.

Details

Date posted

08 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

Per annum / pro-rata

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

150-MT2802-CC-A

Job locations

Horsham Hospital

Hurst Road

Horsham and Crawley

RH12 2DR

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

You’ll engage in planned community rehabilitation, making a real impact every day. Interested? Please check out the Job Description and Personal Specification for a greater breakdown of main responsibilities and expectations of role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

• Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy.
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist.
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality
• Training in student education
• Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range
• Experience of working within a relevant specialist area
• Experience of interdisciplinary working
• Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students
• Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload
• Experience at contributing to audit and evaluation within a clinical governance framework
• Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems
• Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
• Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Able to demonstrate competency in a range of clinical skills
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
• Able to plan and prioritise own workload efficiently
• Able to delegate work to others
• Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
• Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
• Able to demonstrate advanced communication and negotiation skills
• Able to demonstrate the application of research based practice
• Up to date knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the clinical setting
• Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management
• Able to give supervision and appraisal of junior staff
• Up to date knowledge of professional code of conduct
• Able to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
• Able to demonstrate how to reflect and learn from situations and identify difficulties as challenges to then work with others to identify solutions
• Able to demonstrate co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
• Able to demonstrate a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD

Other Requirements

Essential

• Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK)
• Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
• Access to a vehicle for work purposes

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Horsham Hospital

Hurst Road

Horsham and Crawley

RH12 2DR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Lead

Debbie Pirkis

[e-mail]

07484403616

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