# Senior Physiotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist/1732b6b8-4671-4847-b2b0-d4224850e3b0 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-physiotherapist/1732b6b8-4671-4847-b2b0-d4224850e3b0.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Colchester General Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T15:22:54.388Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Colchester/East_Suffolk_North_Essex_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_respiratory/Community_respiratory-v8340848 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340848?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The integrated community respiratory team provide a number of services – COPD, Home oxygen, Pulmonary rehabilitation and respiratory physio. We are a team of nurses, physios and skilled assistant staff. We cover all of NE Essex so access to a car and a driving licence is essential. We provide clinic based, class based and home based care, with the aim of supporting people to have quality of life and be able to self manage their conditions. We are seeking a physiotherapist to join our service. Ideally you should have experience in treating people living with long term respiratory conditions such as COPD, bronchiectasis and Pulmonary fibrosis or be able to show transferable skills. In the role you will learn competencies to delivery pulmonary rehabilitation classes, assess and review home oxygen, support respiratory physio outpatient clinics and COPD service where we support to optimise patients management. This is an exciting role where you can develop enhanced practice skills with the support of the team ### Main duties of the job Act as a specialist resource for the integrated team, carrying out single assessments, and contributing to the development and delivery of the integrated care plan. Develop programmes of specialist therapeutic activities, weighing options and delegating aspects of care as appropriate Implement specialist aspects of the care plan, potentially acting as care coordinator and reviewing the plan on behalf of the integrated team. Support patients with advice, information, persuasion and direction to community resources to encourage self-management and ongoing independence. Provide support, training and advice to patients, parents and carers. Manage the performance and oversee the work of more junior staff, assistants, students and volunteers Manage the work of the team, deputising for more senior managers as required ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. Due to the nature of community work & the community locations for our clinics, a driving licence & access to a car are essential. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Good theoretical and practical knowledge of a broad range of assessments including specialist relevant to the specialist care group and the relative benefits of each - Good knowledge of a range of specialist therapeutic interventions relevant to the care group including the relative benefits of each and the comparative outcomes. - Awareness of national guidance relevant to own specialities, including, consent issues, and other legal frameworks relating to care group - Understanding of the roles of other professionals. - Knowledge of standards of record keeping. - Knowledge of the current evidence based practice ### Experience **Essential** - Proven experience within respiratory sector and patients **Desirable** - Competencies relevant to specialism - Experience of managing the work of others - Community experience - Previous experience of home oxygen - Previous experience of pulmonary rehabilitation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered with HCPC - Professional knowledge and Skills acquired through a combination of formal training, short courses and experience to degree level or equivalent - Relevant post qualification training through short courses and/or further study and experience for example splinting and injections, working towards post graduate level of study - Evidence of on-going CPD **Desirable** - Member of appropriate clinical networks - Recognised registered qualification and further courses and experience relevant to role - COPD post graduate module ## Documents - [staff networks (pdf, 252.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724) - [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262) - [apprenticeship handbook (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2499) - [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146) - [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 176.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664951) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.