Physiotherapist - JCR and Falls Prevention | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Posting date:	02 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	02 July 2025
Location:	Lewes, BN7 1UE
Company:	ESHT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7250861/374-KNLB11-A

Summary

Band 6 Physiotherapist, JCR High weald Lewes & Havens. Full Time, permanent post

Welcome to East Sussex, a place that boasts a beautiful coastline, beaches and the South Downs National Park. Close to Brighton and rail links to London. Come and join our friendly, sociable, experienced teams working within an integrated Health and Social Care community rehabilitation service based in Lewes.

The Joint Community Rehabilitation Service is a short-term 7 day service which assesses and treats people within their own homes. Our service aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or long-term care, enable earlier discharges from hospital and promote independence and quality of life. The ability to travel around the county in a timely fashion is essential. Weekends are covered on a rota basis and at present includes one weekend day approximately every 4 weeks with a day off during the week. As this is a fixed term post, experience of working as physiotherapist within NHS is essential.

We are committed to fostering a culture of equality, diversity, and belonging. We actively welcome and encourage applications from individuals belonging to marginalised communities

JCR is a friendly, supportive, integrated and multi professional team which includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Support Workers using an inter-professional model of working. We key work and provide rehabilitation to adults with a variety of medical and surgical conditions. You will be fully supported to develop your inter-professional skills and areas of special clinical interest. We offer regular supervision and training opportunities for professional development.

We encourage you to contact us for an informal chat or visit. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.

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We value the individuality that each candidate brings to the application process. While we understand that AI tools are widely available, we strongly discourage applicants from using AI-generated content when applying for jobs with us. We believe that your application should reflect your true skills, experiences, and motivations, which are best conveyed through your own words and unique perspective.

Using AI for your application may not accurately represent your knowledge, skills, and experience and may result in a disconnect between your qualifications and our assessment of your application.

We encourage applicants to take the time to thoughtfully complete their applications; by doing so, you allow us to better understand your true potential and ensure a fair and transparent evaluation of your application. Over reliance on AI-generated content may diminish your chance of success.

Please refer to the job description attached.



If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.


This advert closes on Monday 16 Jun 2025

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