Palliative Physiotherapist

Job summary

St Luke's Hospice has an opportunity for a palliative physiotherapist to join our team on a part-time basis for 15 hours per week. This role will be on-site at Basildon and/or Thurrock Hospices and will involve some community work.

Working as an autonomous palliative physiotherapist with the AHP hospice team, you will be assessing and treating patients in our physiotherapy gym and in our inpatient units, running specialist groups.

Main duties of the job

• Working with rehabilitative support staff to assess and treat patients.
• Working with our community nursing team to ensure a smooth transfer of expertise between nursing and AHP staff.
• Supporting patients to have a "one stop shop" experience with other Hospice services.
• Communicating effectively with colleagues, patients and relatives.
• Running various groups including shortness of breath, fatigue, balance and drop in gym groups.
• Visiting the community when required.

About us

We are a local charity providing compassionate care to people whose illnesses are no longer curable. We promote dignity in dying and empower people to make the choices they want, from the moment they are diagnosed. Our care considers peoples medical, spiritual and emotional needs, including support for loved ones and carers. Anyone living in Basildon and Thurrock can call on us 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Working alongside other healthcare providers, our specialist services are available at the hospice, out in the community or in a persons place of residence. Together, we fulfil peoples choices at the end of their life. We are a charity and the services we provide are free. We rely on voluntary income from local people to deliver the care they deserve.

If you would like to know more about this job and its requirements, or to discuss access requirements for disabled applicants, please contact our HR team on 01268 524 973.