Specialist Community Physiotherapist UCR Service

NHS; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Scarborough is seeking a full-time Physiotherapist to join their community care team. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting patients in their homes, managing a diverse caseload, and providing specialist physiotherapy interventions. Candidates should have a degree in Physiotherapy, relevant professional experience, and a passion for community healthcare. This permanent role offers several employee benefits, including a car lease scheme and discounted gym membership.

Benefits

Personal car lease scheme

Discounted gym membership

Attractive pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in community home-based physiotherapy is desirable.
• Registered Physiotherapist with current HPC registration required.
• Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice is essential.

Responsibilities

• Triage & prioritize new referrals in the service.
• Organize a designated caseload effectively.
• Conduct assessments of patients with diverse presentations.
• Support patients in setting and achieving personalized goals.
• Provide supervision and training to junior staff and students.

Skills

Community healthcare

Decision making

Communication

Caseload management

IT skills

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, self‑motivated & proactive Physiotherapist, with excellent communication, decision making & caseload management skills. To work in the Urgent Community response and intermediate care service, supporting Scarborough and Ryedale localities.

This role will support patients to remain at home, reduce hospital admission and support discharge. Enabling patients to be as independent as possible by providing specialist physiotherapy assessment & interventions to patients with a wide variety of clinical conditions in their own homes & care homes within the local community.

To succeed in this role you will need to be passionate about community healthcare provision, able to tackle key priorities with enthusiasm & have the tenacity to deliver in an ever changing environment. We are committed to our trust values of caring, learning & growing & offer a variety of learning opportunities with regular supervision and in‑service training programmes. As a senior therapist you will have management and supervision responsibilities for junior staff & students.

We would like to hear from established & experienced Band 6 Physiotherapists, or experienced Band 5 Physiotherapists who are looking for their next stage of development.

Humber NHS Foundation Trust provides a number of staff benefits including personal car lease scheme, discounted gym membership & attractive pension scheme.

Job Details

• Date posted: 11 December 2025
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: 6
• Salary: £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time
• Reference number: 338-7650686-25
• Job location: 174 Prospect Road, Scarborough, YO12 7LB

Responsibilities

• Triage & prioritise new referrals received by the service
• Responsibility for a designated caseload of patients: to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations using clinical reasoning skills.
• Support patients with individualised goal setting, education and care plans to work towards fulfilling their potential in a targeted and realistic way via delivery of evidence based clinical interventions and practice in partnership with patients, relatives, staff, managers, and externally with other agencies.
• To be accountable in own area of clinical responsibility participating in regular clinical and line management supervision, completing all required training and ensuring own continued professional development.
• To provide line management, supervision, support, guidance and training to peers, Community Support Practitioners and students.

Person Specification

Experience – Essential

• Evidence of sound post‑registration professional practice
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training, experience in specialist field(s) to postgraduate diploma level or equivalent
• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area

Experience – Desirable

• Experience of working in Community home based physiotherapy
• Experience of using SystmOne
• Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally

Skills and Competencies – Essential

• Can commute effectively to facilitate community based visits including transportation of equipment required for clinical interventions.
• IT skills to facilitate use of electronic patient records & other electronic systems e.g. for audit and equipment ordering
• Ability to motivate staff to embrace change
• Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures

Skills and Competencies – Desirable

• Ability to carry out basic observations and calculate NEWS2 score
• Ability to identify and set up home based assistive equipment according to individual patient need

Qualifications and Knowledge – Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• Current HPC professional registration
• Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area
• Up to date practice supervisor training

Qualifications and Knowledge – Desirable

• Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally
• Develop specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area

Benefits

• Personal car lease scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Attractive pension scheme

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.