Job overview

Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre (ESEOC), situated in the Dame Clare Marx Building, opened in the Autumn 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 an experienced senior physiotherapists to join the new service. Experience working with elective Orthopaedic patients at Band 6 level is ideal, but we would also consider candidates with a range of experiences at band 5 who are ready for the next step in their careers.

The vacancy is for 22 / 22.5 hours per week, either 2 long days - 8:00 - 20:00, or 3 x 7.5 hour shifts a mix of Early 08:00 - 16:00 and  late 12:00 - 20:00 shifts.

Applicants should also ideally be experienced student clinical educators with current University run practice educators course.

Main duties of the job

To perform safe, evidenced based physiotherapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, and deliver an individualised treatment programme from a range of options

To undertake comprehensive assessments of patients, including those with diverse or complex presentations, using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to assist in diagnosis and choose from a range of treatment options to achieve the desired goal. To formulate treatment plans and recommend best course of intervention, considering patients’ personal goals and objectives, to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

To be responsible for own caseload, and for a defined area of the service, initially with supervision of senior staff then progressing towards working without direct supervision.  Supervision involves regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review and one to one assessments. 

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, including issues around consent and capacity. 

To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload.

Working for our organisation

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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