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Job summary

Main area
Physiotherapy
Grade
B5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
179-7545966-I
Employer
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
West Suffolk Hospital
Town
Bury St Edmunds
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 Pro rata per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
14/11/2025 23:59
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B5 Rotational Physiotherapist

B5

Job overview

The opportunity has arisen to grow and evolve our Physiotherapy service at West Suffolk Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds. We have an exciting prospect for a Band 5 Physiotherapy post within the acute trust, community assessment beds, and community rotations.
 
You will benefit from working in a busy NHS Trust offering rotational experience in the following:  Medicine, Community, ITU/Respiratory, Community Respiratory, Paediatrics (including MSK clinics), Neurology/Stroke, Orthopaedics and Early Intervention.  Weekend working, evening clinics and emergency on-call working are integral to these rotations.  Some of the rotations require seven-day rostering so you will need to be flexible to support this. Venues for delivering our services include outreach clinics, inpatient wards, patients’ homes and community bases.  

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of physiotherapy assessment and treatment of patients in a variety of inpatient, outpatient and community settings.
 
To autonomously manage a sometimes complex clinical case load and undertake professional duties as a qualified senior physiotherapist, seeking advice where appropriate
 
To maintain an active professional development portfolio and to continue with on-going post-graduate learning.
 
To effectively communicate complex information in both clinical and non-clinical settings
 
To assist in the development of junior staff

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

 

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description 

STAFF CAR PARKING

 

Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30.

 

For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital.  Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.

 

This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete “on call” duties within their role.

 

The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

Person specification

Education & Qualification

Essential criteria
  • • Degree in physiotherapy
  • • HCPC registration

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Experience through clinical placements as a student physiotherapist
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience in the core areas of: Respiratory, Orthopaedics, Outpatients, Medicine/Elderly, Neurology

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • • Good interpersonal skills
  • • Good written and verbal skills
Desirable criteria
  • • Presentation skills
  • • Competent IT skills
  • • Critical appraisal

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • • Able to work within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
  • • Committed to personal development
  • • Motivation, drive, ambitious and confidence for working duties
  • • Flexible and empathetic approach to working duties
  • • Problem solving skills
Desirable criteria
  • • Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others
  • • Able to maintain judgement under pressure
  • • Pragmatic

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Stewart
Job title
Service Lead Physiotherapy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01284 713639

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