Pathway 1 Physiotherapist/ Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 19 October 2025.

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

Here in the Discharge to Assess Pathway 1 Team we have fantastic opportunities for therapists looking for the next step in their career.

We have 4 small friendly teams across Lincolnshire comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Pharmacy Technician, Promoting Independence Therapy Assistants and Promoting Independence Care Assistants. We are a growing team and looking for enthusiastic, friendly, and proactive therapists.

In our Pathway 1 Team, we follow the patient home and see them within 2 hours of their discharge. We listen to the patient of what matters most to them with regard to their personal and social circumstances, their physical, mental and emotional health and their carer's needs. This will include exercise programmes for their physical and mental wellbeing, recommending and providing the correct equipment, proactive work with patients to encourage independent living, educating patients on self‑management of their health and wellbeing such understanding frailty symptoms and the importance of staying well physically and mentally for falls prevention, and so much more.

Being part of our team, you will be working closely with colleagues across all sectors when supporting patients in the community ensuring a high standard of therapy provision. You will have opportunities to be involved in our Quality Service Improvement Programme and we welcome new creative, resourceful, and innovative ideas, giving you personal ownership in projects striving to do better.

We recognise the importance of work life balance for our staff, and we will consider flexible working to suit potential applicants. We are in the process of recruiting therapists to join as valued members of our multi‑disciplinary team. You will grow within the team, working towards both the values of LCHS and your professional development.

We recommend anyone interested in applying for our posts to contact us to find out more and maybe come along to meet our incredible team.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part‑time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Please see the attached Job Description to see a detailed version of the main duties and responsibilities.

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• Degree or equivalent postgraduate diploma in Physiotherapy/ Occupational Therapy
  
• Current Health Professions Council Registration
  
• Basic IT skills
  
• Member of Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or RCOT
  
• Member of special interest group
  
• Post graduate experience as a occupational therapist/ physiotherapist in rehabilitation with older people and or long term conditions and or community / community hospitals / in‑reach
  
• Experience in working in the NHS
  
• Experience in supervision, being supervised and supervising others
  
• Experience of working in Community setting
  
• Good communicator in a variety of levels and methods
  
• Able to motivate self and other's
  
• Able to prioritise own and team's workload
  
• Able to work and lead a multi‑disciplinary team
  
• Ability to critically appraise and evaluate clinical research, reports or papers
  

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.

Multiple sites options: Skegness, Horncastle, Boston, Spalding.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year (per annum, pro rata)

Permanent

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Multiple sites options: Skegness, Horncastle, Boston, Spalding.