Job summary An exciting opportunity has risen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Reactive Emergency Assessment Community Team (REACT) as a Band 6 Physiotherapist. The REACT team is a multi-disciplinary integrated community service within ESNEFT incorporating, Urgent Community Response service, OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotics Therapy), OOHs (Out of Hours) and Virtual Ward pathways patients. This role will be working for our Urgent Community Response Team which has developed pathways with East of England Ambulance Service and the Frailty Virtual Ward, two new and exciting government initiatives. Our team delivers excellent patient focused care to patients in Ipswich and the East Suffolk community. Could you be a valued key member of our team? The role will be for 37.5 hours per week, including weekdays & weekends. The service hours are 8am to 8pm. Main duties of the job Provide skilled physiotherapy clinical expertise with knowledge in admission avoidance, frailty and caring for the older person in the community. Manage and escalate patients on the REACT virtual ward (VW) and community caseload (UCR). To promote high standards of professional practice and deliver quality care to aid admission avoidance where appropriate. Plan and provide training/education for nurses, therapists, and other disciplines in relation to admission avoidance. Maintain a high level of awareness of relevant research trends and national recommendations regarding admission avoidance and older person's care/frailty and admission avoidance. To be responsible and accountable for ensuring the REACT team complies with clinical governance and quality. About us 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 that Time Matters to 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. Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?vGkPu7HphU8A Date posted 24 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 432-HR2075-24 Job locations Constantine House 5 Constantine Road Ipswich IP1 2DH Job description Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. Job description Job responsibilities For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description. Person Specification Experience Essential oExperience of multi-disciplinary working oComprehensive range of junior rotations with experience of complex caseload management. oExperience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community. oIn-service training and reflective learning oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner oPrioritisation of workload Desirable oSupervision of students in any environment oClinical Audit oInput into service improvement oRespiratory experience oExperience of UCR / Virtual Wards Qualifications Essential oBSc / MSc in Physiotherapy oHCPC Registered Physiotherapist Desirable oInformation technology oValidated post registration courses oNon-clinical courses oLEO / leadership oStudent educator course Person Specification Experience Essential oExperience of multi-disciplinary working oComprehensive range of junior rotations with experience of complex caseload management. oExperience of facilitating discharges from the acute setting and/or managing a caseload of patients within the community. oIn-service training and reflective learning oAbility to work as an autonomous practitioner oPrioritisation of workload Desirable oSupervision of students in any environment oClinical Audit oInput into service improvement oRespiratory experience oExperience of UCR / Virtual Wards Qualifications Essential oBSc / MSc in Physiotherapy oHCPC Registered Physiotherapist Desirable oInformation technology oValidated post registration courses oNon-clinical courses oLEO / leadership oStudent educator course Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Address Constantine House 5 Constantine Road Ipswich IP1 2DH Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)