Occupational Physiotherapist Employment Contract UK
Set functional workplace assessment and rehabilitation while preserving clinical confidentiality and distinguishing advice from management decisions.
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19 June 2026
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Job description
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Role-specific duties
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Working hours
Standard and flexible working arrangements.
Holiday entitlement
Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.
Confidentiality
Client and company confidentiality.
Disciplinary process
Clear process and employee rights.
Notice periods
Notice terms explained for both parties.
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Use this Occupational Physiotherapist (OH) contract with confidence
Practical checks to help an employer choose the right starting point and prepare the information the document needs.
Workplace context: Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
What makes this role different
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dual confidentiality. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering workplace travel. Report consent. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering independence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering HCPC standards where applicable.
Not a fit / obtain specialist advice
Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The physio advises on function; the employer decides adjustments and employment action through lawful process. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
What to prepare before you issue it
the employers and worker groups supported
the clinic, workplace and remote assessment mix
the report questions and consent process
the adjustment and referral authority
the travel and site-safety arrangements
the record separation and escalation pathways
Day-to-day operating brief
What Occupational Physiotherapist (OH) work looks like in practice
An occupational physiotherapist assesses how work affects function and advises on rehabilitation, adjustments and safe return without making the employer's final capability decision. Terms should cover workplace visits, management referrals, consent, report boundaries and conflicts between worker and commissioning employer. Workplace advice is strongest when tied to observed task demands. Reports should distinguish what was directly assessed from information supplied by the worker or manager.
Responsibilities reflected in the contract
Assess work-related function and rehabilitation needs.
Review task and workplace demands appropriately.
Recommend proportionate adjustments or staged return.
Provide impartial reports within agreed consent.
Coordinate treatment with occupational-health pathways.
Maintain confidential clinical and case records.
A realistic working scenario
A manager requests the employee's full clinical history. The physio provides only consented, work-relevant functional advice.
Outputs to agree
work-focused functional assessments
practical adjustment advice
staged return plans
Records and evidence
Referral and consent.
Job-demand analysis.
Functional findings.
Work advice and review.
Clinical notes.
Assessment records.
Reporting relationship
Typically reports to Clinical Lead, Therapy Lead, Service Manager or Practice Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.
Authority and escalation
The physio advises on function; the employer decides adjustments and employment action through lawful process.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Tools and systems
Clinical systems.
Patient record systems.
Therapy or diagnostic equipment where authorised.
Secure clinical communication tools.
Incident reporting systems.
Workplace context
Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
Training and certification
Complete employer-required safeguarding training.
Complete employer-required health and safety training.
Contract priorities
dual confidentiality
workplace travel
report consent
independence
Information the employer should prepare
the employers and worker groups supported
the clinic, workplace and remote assessment mix
the report questions and consent process
the adjustment and referral authority
the travel and site-safety arrangements
the record separation and escalation pathways
Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.
Maintained role evidence
The facts this Occupational Physiotherapist (OH) contract is built around
These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for physiotherapy work.
Work setting
Clinic, therapy, diagnostic, community or approved patient-facing areas.
Primary duties
Assess work-related function and rehabilitation needs.
Review task and workplace demands appropriately.
Recommend proportionate adjustments or staged return.
Provide impartial reports within agreed consent.
Tools and training to confirm
Clinical systems.
Patient record systems.
Therapy or diagnostic equipment where authorised.
Secure clinical communication tools.
Governance focus
HCPC context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dual confidentiality. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering workplace travel. Report consent.
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Assess work-related function and rehabilitation needs. Review task and workplace demands appropriately. Recommend proportionate adjustments or staged return. Provide impartial reports within agreed consent. Coordinate treatment with occupational-health pathways.
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What is added to the finished contract
The physio advises on function; the employer decides adjustments and employment action through lawful process.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering dual confidentiality.
Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering workplace travel.
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