Job summary
- Main area
- Physiotherapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 3 days per week
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week (Tuesday/Wednesday 8 - 6 and Friday 8 - 5.30)
- Job ref
- 374-KN204-A
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site rotation
- Town
- Hailsham
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialised MSK Physiotherapist/Osteopath
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
Highly Specialised Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist/ Osteopath
We are in an exciting time of transformation working with our East Sussex MSK Partnership Collaboration to deliver East Sussex Healthcare MSK services. Having established AP and FCP posts and developed our MSK care pathways, we are now looking to recruit a Band 7 MSK Physiotherapist/ Osteopath to join our clinical teams to support delivery of those pathways.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Band 6 with significant clinical and leadership experience working within an MSK specialised physiotherapy/ Osteopathy role. If you are looking for the next step in your MSK clinical career, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate expertise in MSK clinical assessment and treatment, in conjunction with leadership skills to support our AP’s, team leads and clinical lead/ Rehab Lead physiotherapist in the delivery of our MSK care pathways. You will have a strong CPD base from which you will be supported to further develop specialist skills.
There is opportunity to develop skills in sub specialities that align to our MSK care pathways such as; upper limb, lower limb, rheumatology, and spinal.
Innovation is key to the development of our services. You will be fundamental in the clinical development of others and service quality improvement initiatives, and as such will be expected to take the development opportunities and projects we can offer you. We have close links with the University of Brighton and others, and post graduate education is actively encouraged.
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more detail, please refer to the job description attached.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust currently delivers a musculoskeletal physiotherapy service within 8 outpatient settings across East Sussex.
As part of the new East Sussex MSK Partnership, we are in an exciting time of collaboration reviewing our combined expertise in pathways of care with a focus on equality of access for our patients, as well as building on a strong foundation of quality and innovation.
This post involves close working alongside our AP’s, FCPs Clinical Band 7’s and MSK Team Leads to deliver that quality and innovation in clinical practice.
This will require cross site working so ability to travel is essential.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or diploma in Physiotherapy / Osteeopathy
- Current registration with HCPC or General Osteopathic Council (GOC)
- Post-graduate qualification or proven equivalent experience / training in a relevant field
Desirable criteria
- Relevant validated clinical course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience, with minimum 6 months musculoskeletal outpatient physiotherapy experience
- Experience of training/supervision of rotational – technical – assistant and staff and students
- Experience of multi-professional MDT working ie. Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Advance Practitioners.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good knowledge of physiotherapy / osteopathy in relevant area
- Excellent interpersonal skills both verbal and non verbal
- Self-directed learning
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Sarah Johnson
- Job title
- Team Lead Amberstone/Uckfield
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07951 207 148
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