Senior Physiotherapist - St Michael's Hospice

Wye Valley; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist to join St Michael's Hospice Hereford on a maternity cover from January 2027. The role is full-time (37.5 hours) and based in Hereford, within a multi-disciplinary team providing rehabilitative palliative care.

The successful applicant will independently manage a clinical caseload, undertake specialist assessments and deliver interventions, with opportunities for supervision, training and service development.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification to degree level in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC registration is required.
• NHS or equivalent inpatient, acute or community experience.
• Postgraduate Hospice experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Plan, assess and deliver specialist physiotherapy interventions.
• Manage own patient caseload with clinical autonomy.
• Participate in seven-day working and on-call rota after competency.
• Provide supervision, training and CPD to others.
• Drive service development and participate in team training.

Skills

Broad knowledge of patient conditions

Specialist therapy skills

CPD evidence

Multi-disciplinary communication

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy

HCPC registered

Job description

Senior Physiotherapist - St Michael's Hospice

Band 6

Main area Physiotherapy Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 229-IC-8348605

Site St Michaels Hospice Town Hereford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

What does rehabilitative palliative care mean to you?Does it mean enabling someone to live as well as they can, with independence within the limitations of their illness?Could you take on this challenge to support our patients in Herefordshire?

Wye Valley NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Physiotherapist to work at St Michaels Hospice Hereford Covering Maternity Leave from January 2027.

Based in the beautiful village of Bartestree, approximately 5 miles east of Hereford city, St Michael's Hospice has been providing the highest quality care, to the local community for coming up to 40 years. Rehabilitative palliative care is at the heart of our work at St Michael's.

Working within a dynamic experienced multi-disciplinary team, we are in search for a band 6 physiotherapist to join our therapy team. Although the post holder must have a variety of physiotherapy skills and knowledge, palliative care experience is desirable but not essential. The post holder will m aintain a clinical caseload of patients, providing specialist assessment and treatment of patients as part of the multi-disciplinary team within St Michael's hospice, demonstrating clinical autonomy . You will need to be approachable, forward thinking, innovative and have excellent communication and organisational skills. Ongoing CPD is supported, and t he successful candidate will play an active part in training, teaching and supervision in order to support their own professional development and others.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team, Band 6 senior therapists use specialist skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients.

Within the scope of the role, the post holder will independently plan, complete specialist assessment and deliver interventions. They will be responsible for independently managing their own patient caseload, demonstrating clinical autonomy, specialist clinical reasoning, prioritisation and manage competing demands. Supervision is clear and direct from senior therapy staff and includes formal training, supervised sessions, advice and support.

The post holder will initiate and contribute to service development, demonstrate self-development and will be responsible for supervision of others and delegate appropriate tasks to registered and non-registered staff. The band 6 senior therapist will be required to participate in 7 day working and for physiotherapists to join the on call rota once competencies have been achieved.

These posts will require you to have access to a car for work purposes.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping

Experience

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
• Postgraduate experience working in Hospice or equivalent setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Stephanie Morley Job title Band 7 Physio Therapist @ St Michaels Hospice Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01432 851000

Trisha Meredith Clinical Manager (Specialist Community Services)

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