Associate Practitioner - Community Rehabilitation
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2026 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 9YQ |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7976920/432-HR162-26 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
ESNEFT provides a Community Rehabilitation Service delivered by Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists North East Essex.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated Associate Practitioner to join our team and assist our therapists in the provision of this service.
It is preferable that you have experience of working in a community, occupational therapy or physiotherapy setting.
It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.
The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes; to provide the holistic assessment and treatment for this care group; to support the smooth running of the service including taking strength and balance exercise classes; and the management of equipment ordering and other administrative tasks for the team.
Clear clinical reasoning and good assessment skills are essential.You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical skills and be actively involved in service development.
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 thatTime Mattersto 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?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 10 May 2026
ESNEFT provides a Community Rehabilitation Service delivered by Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists North East Essex.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated Associate Practitioner to join our team and assist our therapists in the provision of this service.
It is preferable that you have experience of working in a community, occupational therapy or physiotherapy setting.
It is essential that you are a car driver with access to a vehicle for work as you will be expected to travel across the North East Essex area.
The key objectives for this post are to provide goal focused rehabilitation, supporting patients to become experts in their own care and to remain in their own homes; to provide the holistic assessment and treatment for this care group; to support the smooth running of the service including taking strength and balance exercise classes; and the management of equipment ordering and other administrative tasks for the team.
Clear clinical reasoning and good assessment skills are essential.You will be encouraged and supported to develop your clinical skills and be actively involved in service development.
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 thatTime Mattersto 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?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Sunday 10 May 2026