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We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Highly Specialist Physiotherapist to work as part of our community neurological rehabilitation service based at Colchester General Hospital and working within the surrounding North East Essex community.
This fixed term post is to cover maternity leave with an end date of 30th April 2026.
We are an established and respected multi-disciplinary outpatient and community team providing long-term management for people with neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Motor Neuron disease and traumatic brain injury. We also provide the
vestibular rehabilitation service.
Due to the community working nature of the role (working in clinics in Harwich and Clacton and home visits) a car owner and driver is essential.
You will be working alongside other Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, a Neuro Nurse Specialist and Rehabilitation Assistants to lead and develop services. Experience in the management of all neurological conditions is required and specialist skills and knowledge in working with people with MND and Parkinson’s Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) and Cortico-basal Syndrome (CBS) is desired.
We work closely with other agencies including the voluntary sector to provide person centred care. You will be an excellent communicator with proven knowledge, leadership skills, and experience of working with people with neurological conditions and their families. We are looking for someone with the passion to promote and develop the service.
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 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.
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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Johanna Flaherty Job title: Service Lead for Community Therapies Email address: johanna.flaherty@esneft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07766901527
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