Head of Specialist Palliative Care Physiotherapy
Post title: Head of Specialist Palliative Care Physiotherapy
Responsible to: Clinical Service Director
Type of contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time negotiable
Salary WTE: £47,933 - £53,924 (dependant on experience/pro-rata for part time hours)
Pro rata: Dependant on hours, at 30 hrs = P/S 42 = £38,346.40 / P/S 47 = £43,139.20
Closing date: Tuesday 15th July 2025
This post involves regular, direct unsupervised access to vulnerable adults and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
East Lancs Hospice
East Lancashire Hospice is a registered charity, founded in 1984. We support and care for patients with a life limiting illness, their families and others close to them. We provide this in a number of ways; at the hospice and in people’s own homes across our community of Blackburn, Darwen, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley.
With approximately 120 employees and over 250 volunteers, our people are our biggest asset whom we value tremendously. Our services to the local community would not be possible without our motivated and caring workforce who always strive to deliver excellence in all that they do. The hospice is a unique and special place, kindness and compassion are qualities that run throughout the hospice and our people truly believe in what we do.
Head of Specialist Palliative Care Physiotherapy
£47,933 - £53,924 dependant on experience (pro-rata for part time hours)
Are you a compassionate and experienced physiotherapist looking to make a meaningful difference?
We are seeking a dynamic and skilled professional to lead our Specialist Palliative Care Physiotherapy Service. This is an exciting opportunity to focus on providing high-quality care to people with complex, progressive, life-limiting illness. Our physiotherapy service focuses on enablement, rehabilitation, and individualised interventions that promote choice, independence, and dignity. This can be within the Inpatient Unit, our clinic settings and patients own homes.
As a senior leader, you will inspire and support a small team, drive innovative service development, and play a vital role in interdisciplinary working across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. You will bring advanced clinical skills, excellent communication, and a passion for high-quality, person-centred care.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment, offering the opportunity to contribute to a service that truly helps people make the most of life and where staff wellbeing and opportunities for professional development are key elements of our core values and strategy.
Interested? We’d love to hear from you – Informal visits welcome and encouraged
What we offer
We have an excellent, collaborative working environment with a generous holiday allowance of 27 days + Bank Holidays with the option to buy additional days. You will have access to learning and development opportunities, ongoing training, well-being support and funded access to a private health scheme. There is also onsite parking and an onsite Café with reduced staff prices.
Aside from the terms and conditions detailed above, you will joining a very special and unique organisation, where people are at the heart of everything we do.
Equality and Diversity
We support an inclusive and holistic working environment and aim to empower our people to bring their authentic self to work. We are committed to this and so encourage applications from all individuals with the required skills for the role inclusive of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, colour, caste, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, socio-economic background, trade union membership status, marriage, and civil partnerships. ELH is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and volunteers.
Interested?
For further information relating to the job duties, please refer to the job description by clicking ‘Job Description’ below.
If you wish to apply for this post, please complete an application form and send your CV along with a supporting statement directly to Recruitment@Eastlancshospice.org.uk
Please make sure you specify which job you are applying for, and include supporting information outlining your relevant skills and experience applicable to the job.
Please note that references will not be contacted at this stage, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
All enquiries and further information regarding the above can be obtained from the
Clinical Services Director Carol.Evans@eastlancshospice.org.uk or via our Head of Corporate Support Services on 01254 965833
Application forms and job descriptions are available to download from our website: www.eastlancshospice.org.uk
Please download:
Job Description
Application form
Alternatively, these documents can be obtained from the recruitment team on: 01254 965833