Closing date: 22 November 2026
Location: St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, E8 4SA
Working pattern: Part-time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £29,933.56 to £36,438.64 a year per annum

Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist in our Therapies Team at St Joseph's Hospice.

We are looking for a Physiotherapist who has experience in a healthcare environment.

The Therapies Team consists of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Dietetics. You will work collaboratively with the team in seeing people as outpatients and in-patients, delivering specialist palliative rehabilitation and non-pharmacological symptom control interventions. You will also support the Empowered Living Team, a physiotherapy led, volunteer enabled service supporting patients in their own home.

Main duties of the job

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of undertaking physiotherapy assessments
• Clinical reasoning skills necessary to tailor and adapt therapeutic interventions across a complex patient caseload
• Excellent team work skills and the ability to work collaboratively
• To be committed to patient centred, holistic, care with a focus on what matters most to the patient

About us
St Joseph's Hospice was founded in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and as such it has a rich, Catholic heritage which informs our work today: to support and welcome those in need, from all different cultures, religions and backgrounds. We provide high quality specialist palliative care for patients with cancer and other life-threatening conditions across East and North London. We have a large team of clinical staff who work across community, in-patient and out-patient services delivering individualised, responsive and holistic support to patients and their families/carers.

Why work for us?

• 27 days holiday plus public holidays, increasing up to 33 days with service
• Subsidised cafe and early access to retail sale events
• Season ticket loans
• Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme or an excellent salary-exchange pension scheme
• Santander cycles discount and cycle to work scheme
• Health Cash Plan and access to the EAP services

Join St Josephs team and find out more!

We are an equal opportunities and a disability confident employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Job responsibilities
With the support of Physiotherapists and the wider Therapies Team, the post holder will:

Clinical

• Undertake holistic physiotherapy assessments and interventions for patients with progressive and life limiting illness as an autonomous practitioner.
• Develop goal orientated rehabilitation programmes to support what matters most to the patient.
• Provide high-quality physiotherapy input to optimise non-pharmacological management of symptoms.
• Support and lead the Moving Forwards Rehabilitation Gym group, providing co-ordination and delivery of group exercise and gym activities.
• Conduct Empowered Living Team (ELT) assessments for outpatients.
• Assess on-going physiotherapy needs of patients, adapting therapy input as their condition changes.
• Be a source of physiotherapy expertise and champion palliative rehabilitation.
• Be responsible for managing own case load across inpatient, outpatient and day hospice settings, demonstrating flexibility to meet service and patient priorities.
• Maintain accurate and up to date clinical and non-clinical documentation, consistent with department documentation and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy standards.

Education/Teaching

• Attend, contribute to and lead training sessions to patients, carers and colleagues.
• Participate in the therapies team in service training programme.
• Act as a representative of Therapies professionals, both within St Joseph's Hospice and in the wider health community.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of clinical developments in palliative care and incorporate these appropriately.

Communication

• Encourage patient participation in therapy by establishing goals, using negotiation and reassurance.
• Communicate well with patients, families, carers and external services to ensure effective client care, continuity and discharge.
• Proactively initiate effective communication with other members of the Therapies team and wider hospice services, participating in necessary meetings and supervision.

Person Specification
Essential
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Desirable
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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.

Employer details
Employer name: St Joseph's Hospice
Address: St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney, E8 4SA
Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact:
Recruiter, Recruitment Team, Recruitment@stjh.org.uk, 02085256000

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