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Rotational Therapy Assistant Practitioner
The closing date is 31 May 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join one of the most forward thinking, innovative and proactive Therapies teams in the East of England!
This role will be working with the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams across the Colchester Hospital Site.
It offers the opportunity to rotate within therapies to clinical specialties such as Respiratory Medicine, Surgical wards, Critical Care, Stroke Unit, Orthopaedics: Trauma and Elective, Medical wards, and Older peoples services. We are also proposing to extend our rotational scheme to our community hospital sites in the near future.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Therapy assistant to work with the team to assess, treat and complete referrals for a wide variety of patients.You should have experience of working in rehabilitation ideally within an NHS setting, be enthusiastic and keen to work with the Therapies team to provide an excellent service. You will need to have good communication and organisation skills, be a team worker and able to use your own initiative.
The ideal candidate would be educated to Foundation degree/ level 5 Qualification in Healthcare / Sport and Exercise Science or similar.
You will be supported by qualified therapists, working within a competency framework and will be given all necessary training for the job. You will manage your own workload and participate in team and service development.
You will be expected to work weekends, approximately 1 in 5, as part of our 7 day service.
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 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 thatTime Mattersto 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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Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
* GCSE Grade C/4 or above in English and Maths or equivalent
* Level 3 Qualification in Health and Social Care OR Foundation degree (Level 5) / BSc (Level 6) in Healthcare or Sports Science
* Care Certificate
* Associate membership of CSP/ RCOT
* GCSE grade C/4 or above in a science subject
Knowledge
* Understanding of role of Physiotherapy and / or Occupational Therapy
* Knowledge of basic rehabilitation assessment and therapy interventions, exercise prescription and monitoring
Personal Skills
* Ability to work across a 7 day shift pattern and all ESNEFT sites in North East Essex
* Effective communication skills - verbal and written English, and ability to adapt communication style to patients needs.
* Experience of using NHS clinical systems - e.g. EPIC / Systemone
* Experience of managing own time / delegated caseload
Experience
* Experience working as a physiotherapy and/or Occupational therapy assistant.
* NHS experience in any clinical role
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.
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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