Senior Physiotherapist / Senior Occupational Therapist


Company:	Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Ipswich, IP4 5PD
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

A very exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic Band 6 Physiotherapist or Occupational therapist to join our Therapy service at Ipswich for a fixed term contract to support over the winter period.

We are an integrated therapy team with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistant Practitioners working closely together to provide early therapeutic interventions for our patients on admission.

Our Therapists provide a comprehensive holistic Therapy assessment with patients on the admission wards at Ipswich Hospital. This assessment forms the basis of the patients’ journey within the hospital, providing early identification of Frailty and prevention of deconditioning.

As part of the role, you will be expected to perform evidenced based therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, social and psychological conditions. You will formulate, implement and deliver an individualised treatment programmes, setting SMART goals and facilitate early discharge planning. We are looking for someone who is driven and passionate about early intervention in the acute setting. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills to work in this fast paced busy environment.

For Physiotherapists, you will need to have adequate respiratory skills to assess, treat and manage acutely unwell patients with respiratory conditions or willing to develop these skills.

Providing a high standard physiotherapy or occupational therapy service in the rotation you are in (Rotations include Medical, Front Door, Surgery and CCU, Spinal team, Respiratory Outpatients, Stroke, Neuro, ESD in Stoke and Older people’s services)

Provide an evidence based physiotherapy or occupational therapy service that adheres to CSP, RCOT, HCPC and CQC clinical and quality standards.

To ensure as far as is reasonably practical the safety of the patients in your care.

To supervise and assist in the development of junior physiotherapists, nonqualified staff and students on placement in each rotation.

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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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Oct 2026

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