Physiotherapist - REACT

Candino CA; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Band 7 Physiotherapist. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating, Urgent Community Response service, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients. This role will be working for our Urgent Community Response Team which has developed pathways with East of England Ambulance Service and the Frailty Virtual Ward, two new and exciting government initiatives.

Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in Ipswich and the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team?

The role will be for up to 37.5 hours per week, including weekdays & weekends.

Staff are expected to work 8am to 8pm shifts across the week.

Main duties of the job

The Purpose Of This Role Is To Provide Highly Skilled Physiotherapy Within REACT. This Role Will Have Specific Links With East Of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Ipswich Emergency Department And Community Stakeholders. The Post Holder Will:

• Provide skilled Physiotherapy clinical expertise with specialised knowledge in admission avoidance, frailty and caring for the older person in the community.
• To provide professional leadership involving recruitment, supervision, appraisal and support and development of staff.
• Provide excellent shift leadership skills ensuring patient flow and optimising staffing capacity to reach the patient demand.
• To promote high standards of professional practice and the leadership of delivery of quality care.
• Plan and provide highly specialised training/education programmes for nurses, therapists, and other disciplines in relation to admission avoidance.
• Maintain a high level of awareness of relevant research trends and national recommendations regarding admission avoidance and older person's care/frailty.
• To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the REACT team complies with clinical governance and quality.

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 the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, 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

21 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR2428-24

Job locations

Constantine House, 5 Constantine Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DH

Job Description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Physiotherapist
• Teaching & Assessing qualification and experience or equivalent

Desirable

• Certificated clinical assessment skills
• Desire to study at Masters level
• Management/leadership qualification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Variety of clinical experience within the acute, community or emergency services sector with proven years' experience.
• Complex caseload management, prioritisation, and discharge planning.
• An excellent knowledge of Urgent Community Response.
• Experience with operational management and strategic service development.
• Experience facilitating training and education.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the pressure of EEAST, the UCR teams and structures in the Integrated Care System.
• Demonstrable specialist knowledge of admission avoidance.
• Knowledge of national and international guidelines relevant to the role.

Desirable

• Physiotherapy leadership role
• Multi-agency project leadership
• Knowledge and application of research methodologies.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills.
• Ability to work alone or as a team player.
• Ability to analyse and solve complex problems.
• Commitment to self-development.
• UK Drivers Licence.

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.

UK Registration

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

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/