East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Community Physiotherapist

The closing date is 12 March 2026

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Ipswich East 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 full-time position, with hours/pattern of work to be negotiated. We are fortunate enough to be co-located with our nursing, social care colleagues and the out of hours REACT, admission prevention and discharge to assess teams.

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.

Main duties of the job

We are committed to patient centred care in the right place, at the right time and provide a comprehensive supervision and training programmewith 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 rolein 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 hospital settings and patients homes.
To ensure a more seamless flow for patient care between hospital and community settings, enabling patients to be cared for in their ownhome environment.
To provide supervision and support to more junior staff.
To Triage referrals to the community team.

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 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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Date posted

27 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1340-25

Job locations

Constantine House

5 Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma or 1st Level degree in Physiotherapy (or equivalent)
Current HCPC registration
Clinical educators course within the first year
Must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle or viable alternative

Desirable

Independent/supplementary prescribing qualification
Consultation skills
Coaching skills
Additional leadership qualification
Leg ulcer management qualification
District Nurse qualification

Experience

Essential

Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting

Desirable

Evidence of previous community experience

Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to work at relevant level
Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
In-depth knowledge of working within the NHS
Able to provide high standards of clinical intervention
Able to review and reflect on own practice and performance and develop a PDP
Able to support other staff to review and reflect on their practice and develop a PDP
Able to support workplace learning for staff and students, and specifically act as a field work educator, and preceptor
Able to analyse complex professional and ethical issues

Desirable

Able to demonstrate the ability to work within a community health team
Able to demonstrate the management of complex casework

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma or 1st Level degree in Physiotherapy (or equivalent)
Current HCPC registration
Clinical educators course within the first year
Must hold a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle or viable alternative

Desirable

Independent/supplementary prescribing qualification
Consultation skills
Coaching skills
Additional leadership qualification
Leg ulcer management qualification
District Nurse qualification

Experience

Essential

Documented evidence of continuing professional development.
Post registration experience in a relevant clinical setting

Desirable

Evidence of previous community experience

Knowledge

Essential

Able to demonstrate the ability to work at relevant level
Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
In-depth knowledge of working within the NHS
Able to provide high standards of clinical intervention
Able to review and reflect on own practice and performance and develop a PDP
Able to support other staff to review and reflect on their practice and develop a PDP
Able to support workplace learning for staff and students, and specifically act as a field work educator, and preceptor
Able to analyse complex professional and ethical issues

Desirable

Able to demonstrate the ability to work within a community health team
Able to demonstrate the management of complex casework

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Constantine House

5 Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Constantine House

5 Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Employer's website

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