Bank Physiotherapist

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom seeks a Bank Physiotherapist to provide specialized assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs. Responsibilities include ensuring evidence-based practice within the multidisciplinary team and providing expert advice to healthcare professionals. Candidates must have a valid UK driving license, car insurance with business cover, and professional registration. Join this meaningful role in patient care and make a difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance including business cover is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure evidence‑based practice and practice development across the patient pathway.
• Provide specialized assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs.
• Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessments for patients with life-threatening diseases.
• Provide high quality physiotherapy input to optimize non-pharmacological management of symptoms.

Skills

Manual handling

Analytical skills

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Education

Professional registration (e.g. HCPC)

Job description

Bank Physiotherapist

Hours : Bank worker

Location : Rennie Grove Peace Grove House, St Albans

Salary : Rennie Grove Peace Band 6 (Bank) - £21.86 per hour

Closing date : 13 February 2026 at 12 noon

Interview date : TBC

What you will do

Ensure evidence‑based practice and practice development across the patient pathway within the physiotherapy therapy service, the multi‑disciplinary team (MDT) and other partnership organisations.

Provide specialised assessment and treatment for patients with complex needs and provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non‑professionals.

Take a role in the advanced assessment, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients. Provide support and advice to patients and their carers and professionals. Make appropriate referrals to the MDT, ensuring seamless service for patients.

Provide specialist advice and education on all aspects of physiotherapy therapy management and rehabilitation for patients, relatives and health care professionals.

Undertake comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and implementation of therapy intervention for patients with progressive and life‑threatening diseases as an autonomous practitioner. This includes using analytical skills, clinical reasoning, and the use of appropriate outcome measures.

Provide high quality physiotherapy input to optimise non‑pharmacological management of symptoms including breathlessness and pain. Be a source of expertise, advocating non‑pharmacological approaches to symptom control within the interdisciplinary team.

What you will need

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.

Manual handling and / or heavy lifting.

Full, current valid UK driving licence.

Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.

Car insurance, including business cover.

Disclosure and Barring Services Check : Enhanced check Adult & Child Workforce with Barred lists

Professional registration (e.g. HCPC)

Professional registration (e.g. HCPC)

For an informal chat about this role contact Vishali Patel, Senior Rehabilitation Leadon.

Please click on the attached link for further information about Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care - https://renniegrovepeace.org/our-care-and-support/

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate to this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.

Our commitment to Equality and Diversity

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

If you are disabled and satisfactorily meet the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.