Specialist Physiotherapist | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Do you want to join an initiative team as they take the next steps towards the new 47 million pound Urgent and Emergency care facility on the East Coast, opened 2025? The Acute and General Medicine Therapy Team is looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and driven Physiotherapist to join the team. The individual must be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills to support developing the service to provide high quality, timely therapy assessment and interventions.

As a senior Physiotherapist you will provide assessment, treatment and management advice for patients covering the new Enhanced Care Unit (ECU) and the general medical wards, prioritising and managing the daily caseload within the team, assessing and delivering therapy interventions, and ensuring the highest professional standards of care are maintained.

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• To be a team member contributing to the delivery of therapy services across the medical caseload, alongside the senior leadership team.
  
• To provide specialist advice to therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider team.
  
• To use client‑centred approaches to patient care.
  
• To participate in and provide clinical and management supervision.
  
• To contribute to multi‑disciplinary team working.
  
• To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives.
  
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system.
  
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures.
  
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges.
  

Please get in touch if you wish to discuss this role further.

Please note – if you would like your application to be considered for secondment, you must secure agreement from your line manager before applying.

Trust Information Pack: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

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• 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 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.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks – including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks – to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact .

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE – Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

This advert closes on Sunday 15 Feb 2026.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.