Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses. 

Come and join our children's therapy team in East Sussex. This is an opportunity to work as part of an integrated therapy team, supporting the needs of children and young people aged 0-19.

The East Sussex Children's Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service (ESCITES) is provided by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust. We are recruiting Physiotherapists to posts across the County working in our clinic bases, schools, nurseries and families' homes.

Main duties of the job

As well as providing assessment and clinical interventions, you will be involved in supporting our universal training offer and working closely with schools and partner agencies.

This post covers the East Sussex area including Eastbourne, Crowborough, The Havens, Hastings, Rother, Bexhill and St Leonards areas. It will involve both clinic and community work, including working in our local mainstream and special schools.

The service is managed by a Clinical Manager and Team Co-ordinators and has therapy skill mix from Band 7 to Band 4. The team includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Therapy Assistants. We have three hubs which are located at Grove Clinic in Crowborough, Chaucer Clinic in Polegate and Station Plaza in Hastings which provide calm working environments with friendly, enthusiastic colleagues who are committed to providing excellent care.

As a Band 5 Physiotherapist you will have opportunities to develop both clinical and early leadership skills. We offer the Trust’s Preceptorship programme for new Band 5s, a full induction into the our service to learn how we work together, Safeguarding supervision, regular meetings with your line manager and clinical supervisor, and have both internal and external training opportunities.

Working for our organisation

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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