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Eastbourne DGH
Kings Drive
Eastbourne
BN21 2UD
0300 13 14 500
Physiotherapy Technical Instructor
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 23-Oct-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Bexhill Hospital
- Cyfeiriad
- Holliers Hill
- Tref
- Bexhill on Sea
- Cod post
- TN40 2DZ
- Major / Minor Region
- East Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Cross site working
- Oriau
- Part time - 35 hours per week (cross site working)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum, pro rata
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- MSK Therapies
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Physiotherapy Technical Instructor - Band 4
Musculo-skeletal (MSK) Outpatient Physiotherapy
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our established team of skilled Physiotherapy Technical Instructors. You will be working with our highly specialised teams of physiotherapists to deliver excellent rehabilitation care for our patient community, across our acute and community sites.
The Musculoskeletal MSK Outpatient Physiotherapy service works both with our partnership organisation (Sussex MSK Partnership), and other local providers, to assess and treat patients with a range of acute and chronic MSK conditions, including pre and post-operative rehabilitation. The teams work very closely with our consultant body and advanced practitioners to ensure patients follow our pathways of care based on current research evidence and NICE guidelines.
You will be part of our busy MSK department, supporting our specialist physiotherapists to provide both clinical excellence and outstanding patient care, in line with the Trust values.
These roles are also integral to the overall department function, supporting patient rehabilitation, service audit and evaluation, upkeep of the gym and related equipment, as well as supporting students and the wider team.
If you’re a qualified physiotherapist, please apply for the physiotherapist role.
Previous applicants need not apply.
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With core skills in exercise rehabilitation, you will be integral to the delivery of our patient rehabilitation programmes, and will lead on delivery of specialist exercise for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, and post operative protocols for rehabilitation. We will support training to deliver these programmes as well as PTI specific in-service training and supervision. You will work through a framework of competencies achieved through a mix of work-based, assessment and treatment opportunities, to meet the needs of patients in both healthcare and leisure access environments.
Data collection will be central to this role, monitoring patient outcomes and supporting the team to evaluate effectiveness of our programmes and drive innovation in service delivery. IT skills to facilitate data collection and presentation are therefore considered to be invaluable for this role.
You may be asked to attend other MSK sites for training and to support delivery of our MSK rehabilitation programmes. The ability to travel between sites will be a an essential requirement for this role.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Statement on the Use of AI
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.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us as per the details listed below.
Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Our vision is to be:
- The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.
Our mission is to:
- Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.
Our strategic objectives are to:
- Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
- Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
- Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.
Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:
- Safe
- Effective
- Caring
- Responsive and
- Well led
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Educated to GCSE level including maths and English Grade C or above
- Level 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification.
- Level 3 Certificate in Personal Training or Fitness Instruction
Meini prawf dymunol
- Level 2 Health and Safety certificate First aid qualification
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Minimum of 2 years working as Band 3 in healthcare or equivalent experience from the leisure sector.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Leading both classes and one to one exercise with patient/service users that require high levels of supervision, advanced communication techniques and planning.
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- A general interest in the importance of health education in MSK.
- Aware of CPD requirements.
Meini prawf dymunol
- Awareness of patient-centred practice
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Deborah Russell
- Teitl y swydd
- Team Lead Bexhill Hospital
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07773598709
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Helen Cassidy Clinical Band 7 Bexhill Hospital.
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