Wellbeing and therapy practitioner - band 4 | Medway Community Healthcare CIC

Posting date:	29 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£27,485 - £30,162 pro rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	28 February 2026
Location:	Rochester, ME1 2NU
Company:	Medway Community Healthcare CIC
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7758853/813-270-0126

Summary

The Wellbeing & Therapy healthcare practitioner will work within the new Wellbeing & Therapy Centre; planning and delivering of a full timetable of holistic, therapeutic and educational groups. The post holder will work with the Wellbeing & Therapy Team including healthcare assistant and volunteers.

We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic, the ability to use own initiative and a passion to deliver good care.

To independently support and organise the Wellbeing & Therapy program and promote a holistic approach to healthcare to all palliative patients.

To triage and accept patients referred onto the Wellbeing pathway; and carry out appropriate outcome measures during their journey.

To manage and deliver a range of wellbeing & therapy groups, as per the program, with the support of the healthcare care assistant and volunteers.

To manage the organisation of volunteers to ensure support is available during each group.

So what else?
• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you’ll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We’ll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You’ll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The small print
• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

Communication and relationship skills
• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills and experience of communicating with patients, families and other professionals in difficult situations.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multi-professional team.
• Ability to deal with potentially emotional situations demonstrating empathy.
• Ability to motivate and encourage patients to take part in wellbeing & therapy programmes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• To be able to understand the boundaries of the role, and refer to appropriate members of the team.

Knowledge, training and experience
• Good general education (to GSCE or equivalent)
• Working towards or holding an NVQ III in a related subject
• Previous experience of working with people with palliative care needs and/or long-term conditions.
• Experience of taking and leading a group work
• Good knowledge of commonly encountered neurological, oncology and palliative care conditions.
• Experience and/or understanding of the benefits of a holistic approach to healthcare
• Understanding of the basic principles of the effects of exercise
• Understanding of the safety issues particular to lone working

Analytical and judgement skills
• Ability to demonstrate a holistic approach to patient management
• Ability to work on own initiative and to manage own caseload
• Awareness of own limitations, personal strengths and weaknesses
• Awareness of when to seek the advice of a qualified therapist

Planning and organisational skills
• Ability to manage the wellbeing & therapy timetable, as well as own diary.
• Ability to plan and deliver a range of programmes to suit the need of the Wellbeing & Therapy Centre.
• Ability to travel to dispersed sites across the community in a timely manner
• Ability to triage referrals and take appropriate action.

Physical skills
• Relevant IT skills
• The job holder will provide therapeutic and personal care duties to patients as required
• Responsibleforthesafeuseofequipmentandmaintainingstockorderswithin the Wellbeing and Therapy Hub.

Tosupport on-sitesecurityofunitandto contribute to activities that ensures the safety of the physical environment of the Hub for staff, patients and visitors

Responsibility for patient / client care
• To carry out initial assessment and outcomes of patients on the Wellbeing & Therapy pathway.
• To monitor and collect relevant data for patients attending the program.
• To run a range of group for patients without direct supervision.
• To undertake highly skilled support work eg initial interviews and reporting findings.
• Using empathy, sensitivity and good interpersonal skills encourage patients and their carers in an active approach to regain and maintain personal independence, as appropriate to their condition
• To maintain patients dignity , privacy and confidentiality at all times
• To use effective communication tools, verbal and non-verbal to communicate treatment programmes to patients who may have barriers to understanding or communicating eg blind, deaf, dysphasic or who do not use English as their first language.

Responsibility for policy and service development implementation
• To be aware of and comply with procedures set out in Service and Trust policies. To implement procedures and propose changes to working practices in own work area.

Responsibilities for financial and physical resources

· To use resources responsibly and efficiently.

Responsibilities for human resources (HR)
• To be aware of and comply with procedures and policies set out in Service and Trust policies

Responsibilities for information resources
• To comply with the Data Protection Act 1988 and to ensure all information is dealt with in a confidential and professional manner. To input data as required, using Trust information Management System.

Responsibilities for research and development (R&D)

· To assist the service in collection of data and information as required

Freedom to act
• Ability to work on own initiative, primarily alone and within the parameters set by the Therapy Lead.




This advert closes on Thursday 12 Feb 2026

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