Physiotherapist - ESEOC
The closing date is 05 May 2026
Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), situated in the Dame Clare Marx Building opened at the end of 2024. This cutting-edge facility specializes in elective Orthopaedic surgery and Orthopaedic day cases.
With eight laminar flow theatres, three wards, recovery facilities, and comprehensive support services, ESEOC is poised to become one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe. The Centre is committed to delivering high-volume, low-complexity cases locally, fostering excellence, and contributing to education, training, and research in the field.
We are looking for a physiotherapist to join the service and work as part of our Orthopaedic physiotherapy team.
We provide a 7 day service, with extended hours 8:00 - 20:00 6 days a week. Applicants must be able to commit to a varied shift pattern of either a mixture of early and late shifts or predominately long days.
Main duties of the job
* To gain experience and develop skills and knowledge in Orthopaedic physiotherapy within the acute setting
* Understanding and contributing to the orthopaedic physiotherapy pathways
* To manage own caseload of patients, seeking advice and problem solving from senior staff when required
* To link in with the MDT in ESEOC to contribute to the care of elective patients
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 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.
Qualifications
* BSc / MSc Physiotherapy
* HCPC Registered Physiotherapist
* Associated prior learning qualification
* Membership of CSP / appropriate specialist Interest Groups
Experience
* A range of placement as a student / new graduate
* Experience working in Musculoskeletal/Orthopaedics
* Experience of working with / delegating to therapy assistants/assistant practitioners
Knowledge
* Knowledge of presenting diagnoses and their management
* Evidence of clinical reasoning process
* Delivery of evidence based practice and how to keep practice current
* Knowledge of patient pathways in primary and secondary care
* Benefits of exercise/disease education
Skills
* Willingness to work across both Ipswich and Colchester sites
* Teaching skills
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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