Occupational Therapist​/Physiotherapist Community Response

Main area Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist Grade Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months (7 day working, weekends, covered on a rota basis) Hours Part time - 28 hours per week (7 day working, weekends covered on a rota basis) Job  
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Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Norwich Community Hospital Town Norwich Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 05/11/2026

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Please note, the selection processes at East of England 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.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing  sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Norwich Urgent Community Response Therapy Team is recruiting.

Do you have excellent interpersonal and clinical skills?

Are you flexible, approachable and a team player?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our Norwich Place UCR Therapy Team. We are looking for experienced and reliable Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join us in providing high quality therapy services. The role is to work in the UCR therapy team which covers Rapid Response triage, Admission Avoidance, and Discharge to Assess for Norwich Place, and will involve working across a 7-day week.

Currently therapy shifts are 8am to 6pm with weekend working on a rota.

• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team, to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital. To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to support discharges from hospital under identified D2A pathways.
• To make risk assessments, establishing the safety or otherwise of a patient’s ability to stay at home, or return safely from another care setting, providing and arranging as necessary supportive packages of care.
• To work within the Urgent…