Physiotherapist - Early Supported Discharge

Job summary

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will join our Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team based at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend. This is a rewarding community role, supporting patients with neurological conditions, including stroke, to transition safely from hospital to home. You will play a key role in delivering high quality rehabilitation within patients own environments, helping them regain independence and confidence. This is a varied role where you can follow the patient journey, making a real and measurable impact on recovery outcomes. You will be part of a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team, working closely with Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses and support staff to deliver coordinated, patient centred care. You will be joining a supportive and forward thinking Early Supported Discharge team who are passionate about stroke rehabilitation and community based care. The team encourages learning, development and collaboration, providing an excellent environment for Band 6 therapists

Main duties of the job

Join our Early Supported Discharge team as a Band 6 Physiotherapist in Gravesend. In this rewarding role, you'll support patients with neurological conditions to transition safely from hospital to home. Deliver high-quality rehabilitation within patients environments, helping them regain independence. Work within a multidisciplinary team, including Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Nurses. You'll have the opportunity for professional development. Key responsibilities include managing a caseload of neurological patients, supporting safe discharge, providing supervision to junior staff, and contributing to service development. A full UK driving licence is essential for this community role.

About us

HCRG Care Group is a leading independent provider of community health and care services in the UK. We work with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. Our services span adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, MSK services, and adult social care and wellbeing services. We support millions across England and directly help over half a million people annually. Guided by our values: we care, we think, we do, we're committed to equal opportunities and welcome diverse applications.

Details

• Date posted: 06 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1559997531
• Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Gravesend, DA11 0DG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

As a Band 6 Physiotherapist, you will join our Early Supported Discharge (ESD) team based at Gravesham Community Hospital in Gravesend. This is a rewarding community role, supporting patients with neurological conditions, including stroke, to transition safely from hospital to home. You will play a key role in delivering high quality rehabilitation within patients own environments, helping them regain independence and confidence. This is a varied role where you can follow the patient journey, making a real and measurable impact on recovery outcomes. You will be part of a friendly and experienced multidisciplinary team, working closely with Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses and support staff to deliver coordinated, patient centred care.

You will be joining a supportive and forward thinking Early Supported Discharge team who are passionate about stroke rehabilitation and community based care. The team encourages learning, development and collaboration, providing an excellent environment for Band 6 therapists to build confidence and progress their careers. As part of HCRG Care Group, you will receive:

• NHS Agenda for Change Band 6 salary with an NHS pension
• 5% High Cost Area Supplement (where applicable)
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers for treats and essentials
• Access to your wages as you earn them, helping cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest borrowing
• Online and in-person wellbeing support, including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling
• Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and professional development opportunities through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week.

In this role, you will manage a varied caseload within the Early Supported Discharge service, delivering assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to patients with neurological conditions. You will work both independently and as part of the wider team to provide timely, effective interventions that support safe discharge and recovery at home. You will carry out comprehensive assessments, develop individualised treatment plans and deliver evidence based rehabilitation. You will also work closely with patients, families and carers to set realistic goals and support ongoing recovery. As a Band 6, you will support the wider team through supervision of junior staff, therapy assistants and students. You will contribute to service development and quality improvement, helping to ensure the service continues to evolve and deliver excellent outcomes. Key responsibilities include:

• Assessing, planning and delivering physiotherapy interventions for patients within the ESD service
• Managing a caseload of patients with neurological conditions, including stroke
• Supporting safe and timely discharge from hospital to community settings
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners
• Providing guidance and supervision to junior staff and students
• Using outcome measures and evidence based practice to inform treatment
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical documentation

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential, as this is a community based role.

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC registration
• Membership of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Post registration experience including work within relevant clinical settings such as neurology, rehabilitation or community services
• Experience managing a clinical caseload and delivering evidence based interventions
• Strong communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience working within stroke rehabilitation or neurological services
• Experience in a community or Early Supported Discharge setting
• Experience supervising students or junior staff
• Interest in service development and quality improvement

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks

Questions about the role? Feel free to reach out to Sam on +44 78846 59420 (Text) or sam.wright@hcrgcaregroup.com.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).