Job summary

Please note that we are not authorised/ able to offer visa sponsorship and can only accept applicants from those have the right to work in the UK.

If you are specialising in a career in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, look no further than AHPSuffolk to help you further your career! We currently have a vacancy working across our clinics in Woodbridge and Aldeburgh.

We are interested to hear from you if you are an aspiring senior Band 5 looking to specialise in MSK physiotherapy or an MSK experienced Band 6 physiotherapist looking for career progression. Preferably 2 years' MSK experience is desirable. However, less is considered on evidence of skills and capabilities in application.

This is full time position for 37.5 hrs per week.

As indicated above, we can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK and kindly ask that you confirm that in your application.

Our values are:

Accountable

Honest

Person Centred

Smart

Please describe in your personal statement how you would embody them within your personal statement.

We are committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria.

Main duties of the job

Job Responsibilities

To assess and treat patients with a wide range of conditions, who may have acute, complex and/or persistent presentations, to determine clinical diagnosis and plan, develop, implement, and evaluate physiotherapy programmes and management plans.

To provide self-referral triage, and single point of access/referral triage.

To provide Physiotherapy assessment and treatment in clinics, health centres, GP surgeries and community hospitals, including first point of contact services as appropriate.

To work and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

To provide specialist therapeutic input into planning, development, and evaluation of clinical services, with responsibility for defined projects.

To provide clinical leadership to junior staff and students within the team, including case load allocation, appraisal, and managerial supervision.

To coach and develop all members of the team using recognised management and training tools and techniques, including the AHP Learning Knowledge and Skills Framework and Personal Development Reviews, to achieve corporate and team objectives.

To support all staff and be responsible for site in manager absence.

• Please see attached job description for full details.

About us

AHPSuffolk is a staff led, MSK specific Social Enterprise whose aim and purpose is to provide high quality accessible health care at the point of need to help people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We work in partnership with our staff, patients and commissioners to develop a continually improving range of services to meet their needs effectively and efficiently. We have a reputation for innovation and well supported continuous professional development.

Set up over 10 years ago, we provide MSK Physiotherapy services from multiple sites across Suffolk, from community hospitals, health centres, gyms, and GP surgeries. We have developed and run a successful web based self referral platform and single point of referral for secondary care, and offer virtual and face to face clinical appointments, exercise classes and 121 rehabilitation.

Additional benefits:

AfC terms and conditions matched

Auto-enrolment pension (as per criteria) with Scottish Widows

Cycle to work scheme

NHS discounts

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HCPC-registered physiotherapist or occupational therapist to play a leading role in launching and shaping Suffolks new WorkWell service in partnership with Suffolk Mind. As our WorkWell Lead, you will bring clinical and operational leadership to an innovative early-intervention offer, helping people overcome health-related barriers so they can remain in, return to or start employment.

WorkWell is an early-intervention work and health service with a focus on prevention, which includes holistic support for their health-related barriers to employment. It will provide evidence based, low intensity work and health assessments that support individuals with their low-level occupational health needs to overcome barriers to work.

If you are excited by the chance to create something new, bring people together and make a lasting difference to health and employment outcomes in Suffolk, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and person-centred care. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.

Main duties of the job

Make a difference you will:

• Shape safe, seamless participant pathways from referral to discharge, leading clinical triage and multidisciplinary working

• Champion holistic assessment and personalised WorkWell plans that connect health, work and what matters most to each participant

• Build a confident, capable team through supportive supervision, coaching, competency development and clinical assurance

• Create strong partnerships with primary care, employers, Connect to Work, VCFSE organisations and the wider system

• Turn ideas and feedback into action by leading co-production, pathway development and quality improvement
• What you will bring

• An experienced HCPC-registered Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist ready to bring ideas and senior clinical expertise to our service

• A confident leader who can guide clinical risk, governance, supervision and multidisciplinary decision making
• Skilled in person-centred assessment and passionate about connecting health, function, occupation and employment

• An engaging communicator who enjoys working across organisational boundaries and turning new ideas into practical services

• Committed to inclusive practice, health equity, continuous improvement and AHPS values
• Why join us?

• A genuinely rare opportunity to help build a new service from the ground up and shape how WorkWell develops across Suffolk

• The scope to innovate, test new approaches and see your ideas translate into better experiences and outcomes for local people

About us

We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support

Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.

Details

Date posted

29 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B9710-26-0024

Job locations

Hartismere Hospital

Castleton Way

Eye

IP23 7QB

United Kingdom

Riverside Clinic

2-4 Landseer Road

IPSWICH

IP3 0AZ

United Kingdom

Drovers House

1 Hillside Road

BURY ST. EDMUNDS

Suffolk

IP32 7EA

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information for the role of WorkWell Lead (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist)

Job description Job responsibilities Please see attached Job Description for further information for the role of WorkWell Lead (Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-registration experience as a physiotherapist or occupational therapist
• Experience of assessing and managing people with complex physical, mental health, functional or psychosocial needs
• Strong understanding of biopsychosocial assessment, personalised care and shared decision making
• Experience of clinical leadership, supervision, coaching and competency development
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working across health, community or employment-related pathways
• Experience of quality improvement, audit, service evaluation, clinical governance or risk management
• Knowledge of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, clinical risk and escalation
• Knowledge of primary care, community services and wider work, health and skills pathways
• Understanding of health inequalities, barriers to employment, reasonable adjustments and return-to-work principles

Desirable

• Experience in vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, work and health, social prescribing or employment support
• Experience of issuing or managing fit notes
• Experience of service mobilisation or pathway redesign
• Experience of working with employers, commissioners or VCFSE partners
• Involvement in research, co-production or population health improvement

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised diploma or degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy
• Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Membership of the CSP or RCOT, or equivalent professional liability insurance
• Evidence of up-to-date relevant continuing professional development
• Relevant postgraduate learning or equivalent specialist development
• Meets, or is able to complete, organisational competency requirements for issuing fit notes

Desirable

• Postgraduate qualification or Masters-level study
• Qualification in vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, health coaching or a related area
• Leadership, supervision, coaching or management training

Person Specification Experience Essential Extensive post-registration experience as a physiotherapist or occupational therapist Experience of assessing and managing people with complex physical, mental health, functional or psychosocial needs Strong understanding of biopsychosocial assessment, personalised care and shared decision making Experience of clinical leadership, supervision, coaching and competency development Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working across health, community or employment-related pathways Experience of quality improvement, audit, service evaluation, clinical governance or risk management Knowledge of safeguarding, consent, confidentiality, clinical risk and escalation Knowledge of primary care, community services and wider work, health and skills pathways Understanding of health inequalities, barriers to employment, reasonable adjustments and return-to-work principles Desirable Experience in vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, work and health, social prescribing or employment support Experience of issuing or managing fit notes Experience of service mobilisation or pathway redesign Experience of working with employers, commissioners or VCFSE partners Involvement in research, co-production or population health improvement Qualifications Essential Recognised diploma or degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council Membership of the CSP or RCOT, or equivalent professional liability insurance Evidence of up-to-date relevant continuing professional development Relevant postgraduate learning or equivalent specialist development Meets, or is able to complete, organisational competency requirements for issuing fit notes Desirable Postgraduate qualification or Masters-level study Qualification in vocational rehabilitation, occupational health, health coaching or a related area Leadership, supervision, coaching or management training

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC

Address

Hartismere Hospital

Castleton Way

Eye

IP23 7QB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ahpsuffolk.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC

Address

Hartismere Hospital

Castleton Way

Eye

IP23 7QB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ahpsuffolk.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job summary

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist

Permanent, Band 7. 37.5 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist to join our MSK service. This role is ideal for a skilled clinician with strong MSK expertise, advanced clinical reasoning and a commitment to high-quality, person-centred care.

We are seeking an excellent communicator with a passion for service development and supporting individuals within the team to continually improve and develop.

We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our organisational values: Accountable, Honest, Person-centred and Smart.

Reasonable adjustments are available on recruitment.

We can only accept applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK and kindly ask that you confirm that in your application.

We are committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria.

Main duties of the job

You will manage an autonomous caseload, assess and treat complex presentations, support safe clinical decision making and act as a specialist resource for colleagues across the service, and also contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit and quality improvement.

About us

AHP Suffolk CIC is a staff lead, specialist musculoskeletal Social Enterprise, our aim and purpose is to provide high quality accessible NHS commissioned health care to support people return to optimal health and stay healthy. We work in partnership with our staff, patients and commissioners to develop a continually improving range of services to meet their needs effectively and efficiently.

We have a reputation for innovation, service and staff development and well supported continuous professional development.

Set up as a social enterprise over 13 years ago, we provide NHS commissioned MSK Physiotherapy services from multiple sites across Suffolk, from community hospitals, health centres, gyms, and GP surgeries. We have developed and run U Refer, a successful web-based self-referral platform, and single point of referral for secondary care, and offer virtual and face to face clinical appointments, exercise classes and 121 rehabilitation.

Additional benefits:

Agenda for Change pay and leave terms and conditions of service matched

Auto-enrolment pension (as per criteria) with Scottish Widows

Employee Assistance Programme Health Assured

Cycle to Work scheme

NHS Discounts

Refer a Friend scheme

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to help launch and shape Suffolks new WorkWell service in partnership with Suffolk Mind. As a Senior Work and Health Coach, you will combine direct participant support with day-to-day coordination and supervision of a local team of Work and Health Coaches, helping people overcome health-related barriers so they can remain in, return to, or start employment.

WorkWell is an early-intervention work and health service with a focus on prevention, which includes holistic support for their health-related barriers to employment. It will provide evidence based, low intensity work and health assessments that support individuals with their low-level occupational health needs to overcome barriers to work.

Main duties of the job

Make a difference you will:

Hold a varied caseload and co-produce practical WorkWell plans around each participants health, work and wider needs.

Coordinate local delivery, support Work and Health Coaches, and help maintain safe, timely and consistent practice.

Build strong links with employers, primary care and local health, employment, skills and community partners.

Turn feedback, data and learning into practical improvements for participants and the team.

What you will bring:

Experience in coaching, advice, health, employment or community support, with confidence managing a varied caseload.

Strong communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.

Experience supporting colleagues, coordinating work or providing supervision.

An inclusive, strengths-based approach and commitment to AHPS values.

Why join us?

A rare opportunity to shape a new service supporting better health and employment outcomes across Suffolk.

A varied role combining participant coaching, team support, partnership working and service improvement.

If you are motivated by helping people thrive in work and enjoy bringing out the best in others, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and person-centred care.

About us

We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support

Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.