Specialist Physiotherapist

CompanyYork and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

LocationRaskelf, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/9/2026

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Description

Are you passionate about supporting patients in their own homes, and committed to improving their quality of life? Do you feel ready for a new challenge and to make a difference to others alongside a fun, supportive and friendly team?

We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Physiotherapist to join the York & SHAR Community Response Team – to deliver high standards of Holistic and Physiotherapy interventions to patients within their own place of residence to prevent avoidable admissions to acute care and to support discharges.

Please note, for this vacancy we are looking for a clinician to primarily support the South Hambleton & Ryedale Locality as we look to expand our provisions in this area. There will be some expectation to support the York locality as caseload requires.

Our well established team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Support Workers and works alongside Primary Care and Partners to provide Urgent Care Response, Frailty Hub as well as short term reablement/rehabilitation programmes with effective short term goal setting.

This role will involve using health coaching skills to effectively engage with the patient and their family to ensure expectations are appropriately managed.

To undertake specialist physiotherapy assessment and management of patients referred to the York & SHAR Community Response Service.

To determine clinical diagnosis/need and deliver physiotherapy intervention as indicated.

To provide support, specialist advice and training to more junior members of staff and students.

To act as a resource within the department and Trust, providing specialist information and advice regarding patients.

To maintain records as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with legislation, professional and service policy.

Provide support to other colleagues when dealing with this group of patients.

To be responsible for a defined area of service working without direct supervision. Clinical work is not routinely evaluated, however clinical work will be evaluated in line with Trust and service objectives. Access and advice is available from senior professional colleagues if required.

Initiate evidence-based audit and projects to evaluate and improve clinical practice. Initiate and evaluate user involvement and where appropriate make local service changes.

The ability to transport yourself and equipment across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required.

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:

https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elizabeth Feetenby Job title: AHP Team Manager South Hambleton & Ryedale Email address: elizabeth.feetenby1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07813440472

Emma Seabourne - York Community Response Team AHP Team Lead

emma.seabourne2@nhs.net

07930 309610