Physiotherapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist to join St Margaret’s Hospice Therapies Team.

• Salary: £12,816.89 per annum (equivalent to a full time salary of £31,615)
• Part time: 15 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent
• Location: Yeovil

This is an excellent opportunity where your existing skills, knowledge and experience can be developed further through our ongoing investment in your professional development 

Access to in-service training and courses on and off site in line with CPD and Service Development are available.

What can you expect to be doing? 

You will be working as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team in the Hospice and in the community.  You will be based at our Yeovil Hub supporting patients in the outpatient, Day Centre setting and in their own homes.

The service is for palliative patients at all stages of their journey from diagnosis to end stage disease, offering preventative, restorative, supportive and palliative rehabilitation and intervention. 

What will you be good at?

You will have:

• Physiotherapist qualification
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
• Demonstrable experience in a variety of clinical settings and relevant transferrable skills.
• A holistic approach to patient care
• An ability to contribute to the evaluation and development of services.
• Palliative and end of life experience is desirable.

Access to own transport is required to travel with equipment across the locality during a normal working day.

What can we offer you?

You won’t just be joining a fantastic team – you’ll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you’re looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 6% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice 

And more…

• Life assurance cover – 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans - help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Karla Howe, Therapies and Day Service Lead on 01823 333822 or by email at karla.howe@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship at this time. 

For any questions about our recruitment process or to request an application form is sent to you, please contact Recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 20th May 2026

DBS Information

This role requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure.

The Disclosure and Barring Service offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants. This route gives applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate and is available for all levels of DBS check.