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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
828-PROVIDE4109
Employer
Provide CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
Braintree Community Hospital
Town
Braintree
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/06/2026 23:59

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Provide CIC logo

Community Physiotherapist

Band 5

Job overview

Are you a newly qualified Physiotherapist, or a student soon to qualify, looking for an exciting opportunity to launch your career in a supportive and rewarding environment?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist to join our Community Therapy Team, This is an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical skills while supporting patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals within their own homes and local community settings. 

Community Therapy offers a unique and rewarding experience, allowing you to work closely with patients throughout their rehabilitation journey, promoting independence, recovery and quality of life. 

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team assessing and treating adults with a wide range of conditions and supporting them to regain function and confidence in their daily lives. 

You will benefit from regular supervision, a structured preceptorship programme, and ongoing  development opportunities designed to build confidence, competence and clinical expertise. 

If you are passionate about helping people recover and thrive within their communities, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Provide a high quality Physiotherapy service to patients referred to the Community Therapy team. 

Hold clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.

Undertake a high standard of Physiotherapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations using clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and deliver individualised treatment programmes.

Provide advice and education to optimise health, wellbeing and to promote better self-management of a condition.

Work as an autonomous practitioner within the multidisciplinary team.

Ensure timely discharge of patients from the service and refer patients on to other health, social care and voluntary agencies as appropriate. 

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description document for full details.  We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions that you would like to ask,  please contact Rebecca Nash, Team Lead 07890 607419. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy

Registration

Essential criteria
  • HCPC registration

Car driver

Essential criteria
  • Must be a car driver with access to a car and have a UK driving licence

IT

Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of Systm One

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant clinical experience including student clinical placements

Team Working

Essential criteria
  • Good understanding of the roles of other professionals

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Able to communicate to a high standard in English both verbally and in writing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Positive about disabled peopleAge positiveMINTDisability confident employerEssex Family Friendly EmployersArmed Forces CovenantQNI

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Fairhurst
Job title
Service Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07580913254
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