Volunteer Physiotherapy Support

Location: Canterbury and Thanet

Status: Voluntary

We’re seeking Physiotherapy Support Volunteers to assist at a seated exercise group within the Therapy Centres at our Canterbury and Thanet hospices.

This volunteer role will typically be 3 hours per week.

Evidence suggests that volunteering has a positive impact on your health and wellbeing.

The key duties of the Physiotherapy Support Volunteer will be:

To support the Physiotherapy Assistants in setting up before the group session and clear away at the end
To attend pre- and post- group session briefings/handovers as required
To meet, greet and register patients attending the group session
To pro-actively engage in conversation with and befriend patients attending the group session, in a compassionate and empathetic way
To support the Physiotherapy Assistants in managing and facilitating group sessions
To participate in activities during the group session and support patients to participate in activities as required
To assist the Physiotherapy Assistants with administrative tasks in relation to the group session, including making telephone contact with non-attenders where required
To contribute to the evaluation of the group session

For further information about this opportunity, please email justine.robinson@pilgrimshospices.org.