Specialist Physiotherapist - Community Stroke Rehabilitation

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community Stroke Services for a Specialist Physiotherapist to join our team to cover maternity leave until 7th July 2025, part time 22.5 hours per week.

The Community Stroke service provides Early Supported Discharge as well as support for people who have a new therapeutic need some time after their stroke. This is in line with the Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) model providing a needs-based service.

You will join our multidisciplinary team which consists of Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists as well as an experienced team of Associate and Assistant practitioners.

The Community Rehabilitation service is in demand and continues giving a high level of service to the patients within North East Essex. We have a high degree of diversity and specialism within our team. We offer a well-established supervision and appraisal structure and we have a firm commitment to CPD and evidence based practice.

This is a Fixed Term post until 7th July 2025

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your line manager.

Main duties of the job

The key objectives for this post are to provide high quality, safe, evidence based and goal-focused rehabilitation, supporting stroke survivors to become experts in their own care and remain in their own homes; and to provide holistic assessment specialist physiotherapy intervention.

Clear clinical reasoning; good assessment and intervention skills; and experience in neuro/stroke care are essential. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical skills and be actively involved in service development.

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.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Date posted: 03 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

432-HR2483-24

Job locations

659-662 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, CO4 9YQ

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience within the relevant care group

Desirable

• Competencies relevant to specialism
• Experience of managing the work of others

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered physiotherapist with HCPC
• Professional knowledge and skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent.
• Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example splinting and injections, working towards post graduate level of study.
• Evidence of on-going CPD

Desirable

• Registered member of Chartered Society of physiotherapy
• Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role

Knowledge

Essential

• Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each.
• Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address: 659-662 The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, CO4 9YQ

Employer's website: https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)