Physiotherapist - Willow Unit | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Physiotherapist within the Willow Therapy Unit. The Willow Therapy Unit is a 48 bedded unit providing inpatient reablement for patients in Norfolk. This post will involve shift working across a 7 day service in a large integrated therapy team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Assistant Practitioners.

We have one part time post available of 34.5 hours per week (3 shifts / 7am-7.30pm). Regrettably we are unable to offer sponsorship.

• To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within the Willow Unit.
• Be responsible for delivery of care in a reablement setting.
• To support an environment where all team members are responsible for a reablement ethos using a positive risk-taking approach for patients, their carers and families.
• To support patients being as independent as possible within their functional limits.
• To work as part of a multidisciplinary team within a quality framework to ensure that the highest standards of care are met.
• To support and deliver innovation within discharge practice and pathways.
• To work with system partners including the voluntary sector to ensure that patients experience a seamless transfer of care both into and onward from the unit.
• Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care to a named group of patients.
• Work proactively within the team to achieve unit and trust goals and objectives.
• Work with and promote recognised policies, protocols, and guidelines.
• Assess, prescribe care packages for patients, for example with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• Work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital.

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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.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

• Work as an active member of the Physiotherapy team, along with the other members of the Trusts Multidisciplinary team, organisations, carers.
• Assess for care packages for patients, for example with long term

conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.

• Work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital.
• Work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Jun 2026

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