Senior Physiotherapist, Band 6 Band 5 Development

Job Description

We are currently seeking a permanent physiotherapist, to work in our community hospitals.The post is for a Band 5 developmental role to a band 6 or for a band 6 role dependent on experience.The post will be based within the community hospitals that cover two sites at Clacton and Harwich. The role is placed on our general medical wards which include patients recovering from general surgery, Orthopeadic surgery, respiratory conditions and palliative patients over our two sites.Anglian Community Enterprise is seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated physiotherapist to join our team of band 6s and technical instructors. You will be a key member of our dynamic integrated rehabilitation team, providing a skilled and responsive therapy service. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and team skills to enhance MDT working. You will be able to work autonomously.Post graduate experience covering core areas is essential. The post would suit a physiotherapist looking to further their career in rehabilitation, and develop their leadership skills. The successful candidate will have support from their peers and can receive more enhanced clinical support from more senior therapists within ACE. You will be involved in the supervision, appraisal and clinical development of the Technical instructors, as well as the support of the ward nurses and HCAs.The candidate will participate in service development and initiatives and MDT projects, with support for CPD activities.Service provision is seven days and the role includes participation of a weekend rota.The position is currently based at Clacton Hospital site however; there are exciting plans to redesign our bed provision solely on our Harwich site to provide a modern and gold standard environment.If you are a dynamic, skilled and compassionate physiotherapist, keen to develop your skills in rehabilitation, and gain leadership opportunity please contact Charlotte Sparling, charlotte.sparling@acecic.nhs.uk for more information.ACE is commissioned to provide a number of services including Community based health services (Care Closer to Home). We have been advised by North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group that this contract will be provided by another organisation after 30th June 2021. This is not as a reflection of ACE but due to the Commissioner wanting to make changes to the way the service is delivered. At the present time we don’t know who the new provider will be but the CCG is working to determine this by the end of 2020. This change does not affect our ability to recruit and should you be employed at the end of June 2021 you will transfer to the new provider on the same terms and conditionsThis post is classified as Regulated Activity and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). You must therefore disclose on your application form all convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, which are not protected. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of cautions and convictions and what you must therefore disclose on your application form can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website. If you are offered the post we will need to obtain a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check for you. You will also be expected to join the DBS update service and renew this annually, the cost of which will be reimbursed to you. You are advised to read the attached leaflet regarding the Disclosure and Barring Service.Working for ACE puts you right at the heart of all North Essex has to offer. If you are looking to re-locate to the area then we may be able to help with your moving costs. Further information can be found in the Relocation policy.Within Tendring you have 60kms of beautiful coastline including Blue Flag beaches, the gentile charm of Frinton and the more bustling Clacton – one of the driest places to live in the UK! Within a stone’s throw of Tendring is Colchester – Britain’s oldest recorded town and now one of its fastest growing with a range of recreational facilities to match. The jewel in the crown of its historic past is its Norman castle, built on Roman foundations. A wealth of new homes is complemented by an equally broad selection of character homes in the plethora of picture-postcards villages that surround the town. The likes of Sible Hedingham, Finchingfield and Dedham (the latter being the heart of Constable Country made famous by the artist John Constable) are much sought-after locations. In addition North Essex boasts several nationally acclaimed schools, including Colchester Royal Grammar School and Colchester County High School for Girls. London Stansted Airport is less than an hour’s drive away while all the attractions of London itself are within easy reach.