# Physiotherapist Clinical Specialist Hospice care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physiotherapist-clinical-specialist-hospice-care/22e86adf-d417-49ff-9596-798b773079c2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/physiotherapist-clinical-specialist-hospice-care/22e86adf-d417-49ff-9596-798b773079c2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Town:** Hereford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Physiotherapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Monday - Friday days no bank holiday or weekend working within this post) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T08:54:34.179Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Hospice_Care/Hospice_Care-v8059262 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8059262?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team.  Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day operational management and leadership to the team. ### Main duties of the job - Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team housed within St Michaels Hospice.  Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day leadership to the team. The team comprises Occupational and Physiotherapists supported by Hospice employed Therapy support Workers. Therapy is provided across the In Patient Unit, Day care and Out patient settings. at St Michaels Hospice. Palliative rehabilitation focuses on living  as well as possible and is supported throughout Hospice care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents. ## Job Details Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team. Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day operational management and leadership to the team. ## Job Description Working as Clinical Specialist the band 7 will be part of the therapy and wider multidisciplinary team housed within St Michaels Hospice. Band 7 therapists use advanced therapeutic skills in a variety of areas to provide direct high quality and effective therapeutic care and support to patients and provide day to day leadership to the team. The team comprises Occupational and Physiotherapists supported by Hospice employed Therapy support Workers. Therapy is provided across the In Patient Unit, Day care and Out patient settings. at St Michaels Hospice. Palliative rehabilitation focuses on living as well as possible and is supported throughout Hospice care. ## Responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents. ## Person Specification ### EXPERIENCE **Essential** - Extensive NHS or equivalent experience in specialist area e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services - Experience of team leadership, management and positive role modelling - Student practice placement educator and experience of having students - Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment - Supervisory experience ### OTHER FACTORS **Essential** - Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post - Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. i.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient - Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids ### PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES **Essential** - Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working - Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help - Evidence of ability to communicate effectively including difficult conversations - Committed to personal and team development - Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs - Is dynamic and proactive - Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence - Reliable ### EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS **Essential** - Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Physiotherapy - HCPC registered - Evidence of Post Grade specialist qualification and willingness to undertake further training at Masters level **Desirable** - Leadership / Management qualification - Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (V300) ### SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES **Essential** - Broad, developed and advanced knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions - Demonstration of knowledge of core and highly specialist Therapy skills - Extensive evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area - Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping - Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail - Able to make independent, sound, advanced clinical decisions and problem solve - Able to manage and facilitate others in dealing with busy case load and prioritise - Ability to work autonomously using highly specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [band 7wvt1321 clinical specialist hospice jd-ps (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10363506) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.