Senior Physiotherapist | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Woodbridge is seeking an experienced band 6 Physiotherapist to provide high-quality care in patients' homes. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and demonstrate commitment to patient-centered care, flexibility, and teamwork. This role offers professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment. A comprehensive benefits package includes training, generous leave, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Physiotherapist, particularly in home care settings.
• Ability to work flexibly in a changing environment.
• Willingness to participate in training and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard patient care in patients' homes.
• Ensure seamless flow of patient care between hospital and community settings.
• Supervise and support junior staff.
• Triage referrals to the community team.

Skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Adaptability

Communication

Education

Relevant Physiotherapy degree

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Woodbridge Community Team. We are looking for an experienced band 6 Physiotherapist who is passionate, committed, innovative, enthusiastic and highly motivated to delivering high quality care within patient’s homes.


This is a permanent contract for 30 hours per week, with pattern of work to be negotiated.


We are fortunate enough to be co-located with our nursing and social care colleagues.


This is an opportunity to work within a knowledgeable experienced team and wider MDT.

You should be flexible, motivated and willing to work within a changing environment.

We will provide support through in-service training and professional forums, Mandatory training, 1:1 and personal development meetings as well as clinical rolling skills training via the practice development facilitators. We facilitate students on training and have close working relationships with neighbouring community teams in Health and Social Care.



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We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training programme with career progression opportunities within the clinical and managerial fields.
The Therapy service has a high profile within the Trust operating a 7-day service and thrives on innovation and challenge. It has taken a lead role in many developments, which are helping to shape the future of patient pathways within the local area.


Main Responsibilities:

• To provide high standard patient care in patients homes
• To ensure a more seamless flow for patient care between hospital and community settings, enabling patients to be cared for in their own home environment
• To provide supervision and support to more junior staff
• To triage referrals to the community team

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 thatTime Mattersto 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 Wednesday 30 Jul 2025