Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	and Waveney area, NR31 7RA
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	13 Oct 2026
Closing date:	25 Oct 2026

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Summary

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Job summary: To provide high quality Occupational Therapy service in the palliative care speciality across Great Yarmouth and the Waveney area. To work within the multi-professional teams, both within the palliative care service, and within the wider community NHS Primary Care Home (PCH) teams. Key Accountabilities: To assess and provide evidence-based palliative occupational therapy treatment to hospice patients. This may include teaching patients, relatives and carers appropriate management techniques. To see patients in various settings, including inpatients, outpatient clinics, care homes, and within patient homes. To be proactive in discharge planning from the ward setting. To set and monitor goals with patients and their carers. To behave in a professional manner and maintain high standards of Occupational Therapy (OT) practice. To liaise as appropriate with GPs, Consultants, and other relevant professionals, working closely with the hospice community Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), as well as the community MDT within our local PCH bases. To be an active participant in relevant internal and external MDT meetings. To be proactive in discharging patients once their hospice OT needs have been resolved, ensuring handover as needed. To provide teaching, instruction and supervision to students and volunteers. To maintain safely the equipment within the Hospice, removing and reporting any that is defective. To arrange provision of equipment in patients homes, as required, liaising with PCH therapists for joint working and their ongoing review if equipment needs are complex. To work closely with the whole hospice therapy team, taking a One Team approach to ensure that clinical priorities are met across the service. To maintain professional registration. To maintain up to date and comprehensive treatment records. To collect and provide statistical information as required by the Hospice. To prioritise workload to meet the changing needs of the service, allowing time for administration. To attend relevant meetings, providing effective communication to ensure continuity of patient care. To facilitate good communication between all therapists and the MDT. To participate in the development of clinical standards policies and audit, working within the Clinical Governance framework of the Hospice. To be responsible for stock control of medical items and equipment required for treatment, ensuring that orders are placed in a timely manner. Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, acting as a safeguarding deputy if required. Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / service lead. To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support. To participate in induction of new staff and volunteers. To take on a mentor role to new staff, as requested. As requested, to participate in professional placements and lay person visits to the Hospice. To recognise the value of volunteer contribution and play an active part in their support and development where appropriate. To maintain an awareness of research and relevant findings and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, work towards this being applied to practice. To participate in education programmes as required. To give feedback from attended education programmes/study days to the multi-disciplinary team. Actively participate in the Therapy Team In-Service Training programme. To provide support and appropriate training for student Occupational Therapists on placement at the Hospice. To devise with your appraiser a personal development plan in line with the hospice objectives and personal needs. To maintain and increase personal clinical skills. To play an active role in service development where required. To always work within the policies and guidelines of the Hospice and act within professional guidelines. To always uphold the Hospice and individual team values. To ensure effective use of resources. To play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships with all who have business with the Hospice. To actively participate in relevant local forums, Integrated Central Equipment Stores (ICES) and OT Clinical Governance group, to represent the Hospice in local policy and service development. To always respect the confidentiality of information covering patients, staff and volunteers. To promote the Hospice philosophy of care towards patients, relatives and visitors. PHYSIOTHERAPIST Job summary: To provide high quality palliative physiotherapy assessment, treatment and on-going management to a wide range of patients with a palliative care diagnosis within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. To work closely with the multi-professional teams, both within the palliative care service, and within the wider community NHS Primary Care Home (PCH) teams. Key Accountabilities: To assess and provide evidence-based palliative physiotherapy treatment to hospice patients. To see patients in various settings, including inpatients, outpatient clinics, care homes, and within patient homes. To set and monitor goals with patients and their carers and teach simple treatment techniques to be carried out between consultations. To behave in a professional manner, maintaining high standards of physiotherapy practice in accordance with CSP and HCPC standards. To liaise as appropriate with GPs, Consultants, and other relevant professionals, working closely with the hospice community Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), as well as the community MDT within our local PCH bases. To be an active participant in relevant internal and external MDT meetings. To be proactive in discharging patients once their hospice physiotherapy needs have been resolved, ensuring handover as needed. To provide teaching, instruction and supervision to students and volunteers. To be actively involved in delivery of group work such as exercise classes. To maintain safely the equipment within the Hospice, removing and reporting any that is defective. To arrange provision of equipment in patients homes, as required, liaising with PCH therapists for joint working and their ongoing review if equipment needs are complex. Promote a safeguarding is everyones business culture, acting as a safeguarding deputy if required. Ensure adherence with relevant Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures, raising any risks to the IPC group / service lead. To work closely with the whole hospice therapy team, taking a One Team approach to ensure that clinical priorities are met across the service. To maintain professional registration. To maintain up to date and comprehensive treatment records. To collect and provide statistical information as required by the Hospice. To prioritise workload to meet the changing needs of the service, allowing time for administration. To attend relevant meetings, providing effective communication to ensure continuity of patient care. To facilitate good communication between all therapists and the MDT. To participate in the development of clinical standards policies and audit, working within the Clinical Governance framework of the Hospice. To be responsible for stock control of medical and surgical items and equipment required for treatment, ensuring that orders are placed in a timely manner. To recognise indications of staff stress and to facilitate staff support. To participate in induction of new staff and volunteers. To take on a mentor role to new staff, as requested. As requested, to participate in professional placements and lay person visits to the Hospice. To recognise the value of volunteer contribution and play an active part in their support and development where appropriate. To maintain an awareness of research and relevant findings and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, work towards this being applied to practice. To participate in education programmes as required. To give feedback from attended education programmes/study days to the multi-disciplinary team. Actively participate in the Therapy Team In-Service Training programme. To provide support and appropriate training for student Physiotherapists on placement at the Hospice. To devise with your appraiser a personal development plan in line with the hospice objectives and personal needs. To maintain and increase personal clinical skills. To play an active role in service development where required. To always work within the policies and guidelines of the Hospice and act within professional guidelines. To always uphold the Hospice and individual team values. To ensure effective use of resources. To play an active part in the development and maintenance of good relationships with all who have business with the Hospice. To actively participate in relevant local forums, to represent the Hospice in local policy and service development. To always respect the confidentiality of information covering patients, staff and volunteers. To promote the Hospice philosophy of care towards patients, relatives and visitors

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