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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Stroke Physiotherapist

The closing date is 19 January 2026

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Physiotherapist looking to take the next step in your career? We're offering an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Stroke Team at Broomfield Hospital as a key clinical leader within our Acute Stroke Unit.

In this role, you'll assess and treat patients following stroke, providing expert physiotherapy input and acting as a specialist advocate for Stroke Therapy across the site. Your expertise will help shape patient pathways, support colleagues, and ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality rehabilitation from admission through to discharge.

You'll be part of a warm, collaborative, and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team. We offer strong managerial support, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to play an active role in service development and improvement.

We are seeking a motivated clinician who can lead with confidence--providing day-to-day direction for the physiotherapy team, driving performance against national stroke standards, and nurturing a culture that values excellence, compassion, and respect.

If you're passionate about Stroke rehabilitation and ready to influence meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us shape the future of Stroke care at Broomfield.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide the highest standards of Physiotherapy for our patients affected by Stroke (and other similar Neurologically impaired patients as an adviser).
  • To work as an advanced autonomous practitioner. Assess, sets goals, provides treatment and progresses own patient caseload which contains patients with complex and specialist needs.
  • To work mainly on the Acute Stroke unit - but also provide expert support to patients being co-managed in other medical environments as outliers. Support the local therapists with care advice in relation to their Stroke presentation.
  • Leads in specialist area; contributes to development of specialist services and relevant policies helping implement policy changes and monitoring standards of clinical practice.
  • Supervises, teaches and evaluates students and other staff working in own specialist area.
  • Leads clinical audits and may participate in research.
  • Daily team leadership and direction as team lead in all operational aspects

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Details

Date posted

31 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-CSS-BR-9966

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Broomfield

CM1 7ET


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description.We look forward to your application!Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a high number of applications be received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Graduate diploma or degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registered as an Physiotherapist

Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification in specialism

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post graduate training/development courses relevant to speciality area of orthopaedics
  • Significant time working effectively at Band 6 level, including experience within both trauma and elective orthopaedics.

Desirable

  • Has undertaken an audit or research activity that had an impact on service delivery.
  • Previous band 7 experience in orthopaedics
  • Previous NHS experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Graduate diploma or degree in Physiotherapy
  • HCPC registered as an Physiotherapist

Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification in specialism

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post graduate training/development courses relevant to speciality area of orthopaedics
  • Significant time working effectively at Band 6 level, including experience within both trauma and elective orthopaedics.

Desirable

  • Has undertaken an audit or research activity that had an impact on service delivery.
  • Previous band 7 experience in orthopaedics
  • Previous NHS experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Broomfield

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Broomfield

Court Road

Broomfield

CM1 7ET


Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Therapy Lead

Dawn Selwood-Fry

dawn.selwood-fry1@nhs.net

03004433700

Details

Date posted

31 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

390-CSS-BR-9966

Job locations

Broomfield

Court Road

Broomfield

CM1 7ET


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