Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term until April 2027)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working patterns vary depending on rotation)
- Job ref
- 150-GM2570-UPC-A
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brighton General Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Physiotherapist (Rotational)
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the 'East' Physiotherapy Rotation at Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT). This rotation is based around Brighton & Hove and Lewes. This post is fixed term until April 2027, but we will be aiming to extend the successful candidate's contract to permanent in due course, when an opportunity to do so arises. We welcome applications from current Band 5 Physiotherapists looking for a change of role, as well as from Graduate Physios. We welcome applications from applicants who have completed their Physiotherapy degree, but for whom HCPC is pending, but unfortunately on this occasion cannot accept applications from candidates who are yet to complete their Physiotherapy degree.
Please note that you will need to be able to drive with a full UK licence for home visits. Hours of work for full time staff are 37.5hrs per week. Hours will primarily fall within 08:00 and 17:00 with the potential to work the hours in different arrangements in some rotations. SCFT remains committed to flexible working policies and aims to help individuals achieve a strong work/life balance.
Main duties of the job
You will have a supervised caseload and a programme of continuing professional development to assist in your progression. The rotations enable newly qualified Physiotherapists to develop skills and competencies beyond graduate level in a variety of clinical specialties across inpatient, outpatient and community roles, and for established Band 5 Physiotherapists to extend their skills across a variety of clinical services. Rotations available on our East Rotation include:
* Musculoskeletal Outpatients
* Community Therapy Team
* Community Neuro Rehabilitation
* Community Respiratory
* Intermediate Care Units (Inpatient Rehabilitation)
* Falls and Fracture Prevention
* Amputee Rehabilitation (Split Rotation with Community Therapy)
* Home First (Supported Discharge)
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Rotations are 6 months in length.
If this is your first Band 5 post since graduating, you will be invited to take part in our preceptorship programme. The preceptorship is a structured scheme lasting 12 months, which aims:
To successfully help new starters integrate into their new role
To build confidence and competence
To help you on your way to settling in well to your new career with SCFT
To facilitate your journey to a fully autonomous practitioner.
The programme will include a variety of trainings, watched assessments, and opportunities to network and learn throughout your first year in employment.
Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification. Please review these closely before applying.
Person specification
qualifications & registration
Essential criteria
- Degree in physiotherapy or Equivalent
- Physiotherapy HCPC Registration
- Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed a Broad Range of student placements
- Evidence of practical Continued Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of NHS placements/experience or equivalent
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good evidence of understanding of EBP
- Broad understanding of NHS/healthcare community
- Able to demonstrate good communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to demonstrate a good level of clinical knowledge and reasoning
- Able to demonstrate good time management and prioritisation skills
- Good standard of English
- Own transport and current/valid driving licence
Desirable criteria
- Basic understanding of Audit/service improvement
Other
Essential criteria
- Willing to work flexibly to meet service requirements
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Verity Jones
- Job title
- Professional Lead- Physiotherapy, Adults Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07484 403617
- Additional information
Availability:
Tuesday
09:15-15:00
Wednesday
09:00-16:45
Thursday
09:15-13:00
Friday
09:00-15:45
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