Rotational Physiotherapist | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 August 2025 |
| Location: | Brighton, BN2 3EW |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7359359/150-CP1948-PC |
Summary
We have an opportunity to recruit two Physiotherapists to our popular SCFT East Physiotherapy Rotation Scheme on an 18-month fixed term basis to cover staff secondment.
Our East Physiotherapy Rotation centres around our services across Brighton & Hove, with two rotations extending into Lewes, Wealden and Mid-Sussex.
If you are an ambitious, proactive Physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportiveTrust, using your skills to provide excellent care in the community, we’dlove to hear from you.
Here at SCFT our aim is to maximise opportunities for the people living in our communities to be as independent as possible in‘what matters to them’.Our Physiotherapy teams support people tolivefull and active lives within their family circles, social networks, and workplace.
Main duties of the job
This supportive Band 5 Physiotherapy rotation aims to help you through the transition from student to skilled therapistand on this occasion weare looking for someone who will be fully qualified and HCPC registered before October 1st 2025 (proposed start date). We also welcome applications from those with somepreviousBand 5 experience.
You will have a supervised caseload and a programme of continuingprofessional development toassistin your progression. Our 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.
Rotations on our East Physiotherapy Rotation Scheme:
Community Therapy Teams
Community Neurological Rehabilitation
Community Respiratory Teams (inc. Pulmonary Rehabilitation)
Intermediate Care Unit (Inpatient Rehabilitation)
Falls and Fracture Prevention Service
MSK Outpatients
Home First (Supported Discharge)
In-Reach Beds (Community Therapy in reach into care home settings)
Sussex Rehabilitation Centre (Amputee Rehabilitation)
Our rotations occur on a 6 monthly basis, and you will be given the opportunity to provide your preferences for rotations, prior to rotation allocation, once you have joined our rotation scheme.
SCFT 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.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 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
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• 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
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.
This post will close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early submission.
Please see attached Job Description, Personal Specification and Band 5 Handbook for further information.
This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025