Community Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in King's Lynn is seeking a Community Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist to join the Urgent Community Response Therapy Team. Roles are Band 6 and involve 7 days a week service, 8am–8pm, with weekend and bank holiday work. Base in King’s Lynn with coverage across West Norfolk.

Candidates should have OT and PT qualifications, be HCPC registered, and demonstrate strong communication, resilience and teamwork in a community setting.

Qualifications

• Diploma or first degree in OT and in Physiotherapy.
• HCPC registration or equivalent.
• Experience in urgent community care settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments for complex patients.
• Formulate and execute individualized therapy plans with the UCR Team.
• Coordinate with GPs, social services and agencies for care pathways.
• Order equipment and ensure informed consent and safety.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy

Clinical supervision

Education

Diploma or 1st level degree in Occupational Therapy

Diploma or 1st level degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Community Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

The closing date is 08 November 2026

Following recent investment in line with Norfolk and Waveney Urgent and Emergency Care Priorities, ourUrgent Community Response (UCR) Therapy Teamhas an exciting opportunity for2 Therapiststo join our dedicated team.We are ideally looking for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist and a Full timeBand 6Physiotherapist, howeverwe welcome conversations with interested applicants.

Are you an experienced Therapist with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills? Are you flexible, approachable, and a team player? If so,we'dlove you to join our friendly, supportive teambased in King's Lynn and covering West Norfolk.

The postprovides an exciting opportunity for applicantslooking to build on a broad clinical skill basein line with our competency frameworktotriage andrespond toa variety ofUrgent Community Responseand widerpathways across West Norfolk.You will be expected towork collaborativelyand in liaison with our community teams andoursystempartners.

The ideal candidateswill have:

Effectivecommunication and interpersonal skills

A positive, problem-solving approachtoprovide quality outcomes for patients

Resilience and flexibility in dynamic situations

Experience with supervision of staff and students is desirable

The Urgent Community Response Therapy teamoperates7 days per week between the hours of 8am and 8pm.There is a requirement to work weekends and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team you will be required:

• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.
• To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of a patient's ability to stay at home, or return safely from another care setting, providing and arranging as necessary supportive packages of care.
• To provide evidenced based clinical/therapeutic interventions based on 'best practice' in order to improve health outcomes and promote choice.
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to assess and prescribe care pathways for patients in a crisis situation with long term conditions, the frail and elderly, palliative and end of life care and/or rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To provide in-reach to inpatient units and step up and step down beds where required.
• To act as the patients advocate, facilitating choice and patient empowerment.
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
• To Triage referrals on a rotational basis for the Urgent Community Response Team.

This role is for 7-days per week, 365 days per year service, operating between 08:00 - 20:00 so candidates must be prepared to work shifts in these times.

About us

You'llreceive clinical supervision from a Band 7 Clinical LeadTherapist and join an experienced, friendly, supportive team that values collaboration and professional growth. We offer excellent opportunities for ongoing development to help you progress in your career.

NCH&C NHS Trust isproud to be rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)--the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to achieve this.

Our base at St James Clinic, King's Lynn is easily accessible from Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and South Norfolk, making it a convenient location for work and travel.

Find out more about working for our organisation here:

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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.

With effect from the 1st April 2026 Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust will be merging with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to form a new organisation. The new Trust will provide a wide range of community health and social care services to over 4 million people, with a budget of circa £380 million and a workforce of over 7,000 people.

Job responsibilities

1. Undertake comprehensive therapy assessments of patients including those with a complex presentation, using investigative, analytical and clinical reasoning skills, and inform the development of a differential diagnosis.2. Formulate and execute individualised physiotherapy management and treat-ment plans of patients including those with complex presentation, in collabora-tion with the Urgent Community Response Team, other agencies and the pa-tient, utilising a range of treatment skills.3. Be aware of Assistive Technology and make referrals for this as required.4. Assess patients holistic needs, communicating complex and sensitive infor-mation to patients and carers as to their assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment plan.5. Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, men-tal capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.6. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, in-corporating motivation, encouragement and confidence building to enable pa-tients to engage in their treatment/care/management plan.7. Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care pro-fessionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.8. Participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.9. Ensure activity data and clinical information is recorded on Systm One and is completed on a daily basis.10. Plan and organise specialist services within the Urgent Community Response Team.11. Demonstrate dexterity, co-ordination and palpatory senses for assessment, and manual treatment of patients, including using specialist equipment and fine tools, manual and mobilising skills.12. Order equipment and contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.13. Ensure informed consent is obtained prior to initiating interventions.14. Be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oDiploma or 1st level degree in Occupational Therapy, or equivalent experience
• oCurrent HCPC registration
• Diploma or 1st level degree in Physio Therapy, or equivalent experience
• oClinical educators course

Experience

• oEvidence of working at relevant level
• oGood observational and reporting skills
• oGood interpersonal skills
• oConcentrate when undertaking patient care & inputting data/patient records
• oWork flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
• oDemonstrate good IT and standard keyboard skills
• oExperience in complex moving and handling.
• oExperience in training and supervising staff

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• oKnowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses
• oAble to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
• oHighly motivated
• oFlexible & Resilient

Communication

• oTact & diplomacy
• oEmpathy & sensitivity
• oAbility to use own initiative

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• oAbility to manage stressful situations
• oA team player

Personal Attributes / Behaviours

• oAble to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults

Other

• o Professional appearance
• o Must have a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle
• o Kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments.
• o Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
• o Manoeuvre patients using handling aids

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.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearpro rata per annum