Band 6 Physiotherapist (part-time, maternity cover until April 2027)
Location: Pilgrims Hospices Thanet
Status: Fixed term contract, part time (2/3 days per week)
Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata per annum, depending on experience.
Closing date: 27/02/2026
Pilgrims Hospices are seeking a Band 6 Physiotherapist for a fixed term maternity cover until April 2027.
The role:
In this role as a physiotherapist, you will be a key member of our therapy team, working alongside occupational therapists in the inpatient unit, physiotherapy gym, therapy centre, and occasionally in peoples’ homes. You will provide comprehensive physiotherapy assessment and treatment programmes aimed at maintaining or improving functional levels and quality of life. This may include complex moving and handling, non-pharmacological symptom management (breathlessness, for example), running exercise groups, and leading with the management of physiotherapy referrals across these services.
You will be responsible for supervising the physiotherapy assistant, and will have the opportunity to be part of a large, multidisciplinary team, working holistically and collaboratively to ensure our patients receive the highest standard of care.
We’re committed to your professional development, offering continuous training and growth opportunities to ensure you’re always expanding your skills. Every day in this role is unique, but what remains constant is the positive impact you’ll make in a supportive, happy environment.
This is a part time role 2 or 3 days (15/22.5 hours) per week at our Thanet Hospice. £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata per annum, depending on experience.
Main duties:
- To work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team to diagnose, assess, plan and implement patient specific programmes of care/therapy contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
- To undertake more complex assessments, using profession specific clinical knowledge and skills.
- To function effectively across a variety of environments including inpatient units and out patients, involving changing and demanding conditions.
- To use a comprehensive range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients, and their families/carers, the diagnosis and treatment plan, that may be complex and sensitive, to help progress rehabilitation. This will include patients who may have difficulties with understanding or communication.
- To be responsible for own time management and the prioritisation of caseload.
- To develop comprehensive discharge plans and work with relevant professionals to arrange on-going support as needed
More duties can be found in the job description.
About Us:
As an award-winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.
Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families – both in the community and in-patient units.
Our Vision:
“Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life”.
We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our Vision and our charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, motivated, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a consistently high standard, and actively role model our charitable behaviours and values.
To achieve our Vision, we have a shared set of values and behaviours that enable us to be the people and the charity that patients and their loved ones need us to be. They form our CODE, which guides us in our daily working and decision making:
Compassionate We treat everyone with compassion and care
Open We communicate openly, honestly and effectively
Dynamic We are dynamic, improving and developing our service
Empowered We empower people to achieve their outcomes
How to Apply
To learn more about this role, please refer to the full job description document and recruitment pack below.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications: 27th February 2026 or until sufficient applications have been received.