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Join Us as a Physiotherapist Frailty & Community Rehabilitation
Are you a Physiotherapist who's passionate about helping people stay independent, safe, and thriving in their own homes? This is your chance to make a real impact. Were looking for someone who believes in proactive, preventative care and wants to be part of a forward thinking MDT shaping the future of frailty services in primary care.
In this community based role, you will deliver meaningful, one to one rehabilitation for older adults living with frailty focusing on mobility, strength, falls prevention, and functional independence. You will work closely with a supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing to shared care planning and helping reduce avoidable hospital admissions through early intervention.
At Primary Care Physio, you will join England's largest specialist provider of MSK and community physiotherapy services, recognised nationally for innovation and quality. You will have clinical autonomy, structured supervision, and access to ongoing CPD, all while working in a role where your expertise genuinely changes lives.
If you are lookingfor a role with purpose, variety, and the opportunity to shape local frailty pathways, this is the perfect next step in your physiotherapy career.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will play a key part in supporting older adults to stay safe, independent, and well within their own homes. Your work will centre on delivering community based physiotherapy, providing personalised assessment and rehabilitation to people living with frailty. You will focus on improving mobility, strength, and confidence, helping patients reduce their risk of falls and maintain their day to day function.
You will spend much of your time out in the community, carrying out home visits, building strong therapeutic relationships, and tailoring rehabilitation to each persons environment and goals. Alongside this, you will work closely with a supportive multidisciplinary team, contributing your physiotherapy expertise to shared care planning and proactive management of hig hrisk individuals.
Your role will also involve supporting patients after hospital discharge, helping them regain independence and avoid readmission. You will have the autonomy to manage your own caseload, plan your visits, and make informed clinical decisions that directly influence patient outcomes.
This is a varied, meaningful role where your physiotherapy skills will make a genuine difference to peoples lives every day.
About us
At Primary Care Physio, you will be joining a team that's grown to become England's largest specialist provider of MSK and community physiotherapy services, supporting over 200 Primary Care Networks and more than 1,000 GP practices nationwide. Were a team built on collaboration, innovation and genuine passion for improving patient care.
You will work alongside a diverse group of Physiotherapists, FCPs, ANPs, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers and wider MDT colleagues who value shared learning and supportive teamwork. Our atmosphere is friendly, forward thinking and rooted in a strong belief in clinical autonomy, trust and professional respect. We empower our clinicians to make meaningful decisions and shape the services they deliver.
Were proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work and winners of the LaingBuisson Award for Best in Primary Care & Diagnostics, reflecting our commitment to staff wellbeing, development and high quality care. When you join us, you will benefit from structured clinical supervision, ongoing CPD, access to experienced clinical leads and opportunities to grow your career in community rehabilitation, frailty and advanced practice.
If you are looking for a supportive organisation where your skills are valued and your work makes a real difference, you will feel right at home with us.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Description
Role: Physiotherapist (Frailty) Hours: 0.5 FTE / 18.75 hours per week Contract Type: Temporary (12 months) Location: Whitby
Role Overview
The Physiotherapist will deliver homebased assessment and rehabilitation for patients living with frailty, focusing on mobility, falls prevention and proactive management of high risk individuals. The role centres on improving mobility, strength and functional independence through targeted rehabilitation, enabling patients to remain safely at home and reducing the risk of deterioration, hospital admission and readmission.
Working as part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary team (MDT), the Physiotherapist will support proactive frailty management, contributing to shared care planning and coordinated, person centred care across primary, community and social care services. This role plays a key part in reducing avoidable demand across primary and secondary care through early intervention and ongoing management of musculoskeletal and mobility related drivers of frailty.
Regular home visiting is required across the PCN footprint.
Outcomes Expected
You will support the PCN to:
Prevent avoidable hospital admissions
Improve mobility and functional independence
Reduce falls and associated risk
Support safe discharge and recovery at home
Reduce GP workload
Key Responsibilities
Provide specialist physiotherapy assessment and intervention including:
Mobility, strength and balance assessments
Frailty assessments and proactive case management
Falls risk assessment and prevention strategies
Homebased mobility assessments
Exercise programmes and mobility strategies for patients and carers
Individualised rehabilitation programmes
Support for safe discharge and reducing readmission risk
You will work with patients to develop person centred goals and care plans focused on improving quality of life, mobility, confidence and daily function.
Typical Working Pattern
57 home visits per day (depending on complexity and travel)
MDT meetings and case discussions
Time for documentation, care planning and coordination
Proactive case management of frailty cohorts
Care home visits and remote consultations
Multidisciplinary Working
You will collaborate with:
GPs
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Physiotherapists / First Contact Practitioners
Social Prescribers
Care Coordinators
Community therapy teams
Social care teams
Voluntary sector services
You will contribute to MDT discussions and care planning for complex patients.
Care Home & Community Support
You will assess and treat:
Care home residents
Recently discharged patients
Patients identified via frailty registers or risk stratification
Individuals requiring geriatric assessment
Patients needing remote consultations
Service Development & Quality Improvement
You will support:
Development of physiotherapy pathways in primary care
Audit, evaluation and QI initiatives
MDT understanding of mobility optimisation and falls prevention
Service evaluation and outcome reporting
Professional Responsibilities
You will:
Maintain HCPC registration
Work in accordance with CSP standards
Participate in supervision and CPD
Maintain accurate clinical records
Follow safeguarding, governance and data protection policies
Why Join Us
Clinical autonomy
Opportunity to shape frailty service development
Structured supervision and support
Ongoing CPD and career progression
Exposure to complex community presentations
Collaborative MDT working
Ideal for a Physiotherapist looking to expand skills in frailty, rehabilitation and community based care.
Person Specification
Essential
Degree or MSc in Physiotherapy
HCPC registration
CSP membership
Experience with older adults or frailty, including:
Multimorbidity
Falls risk and mobility decline
Deconditioning / sarcopenia
Post discharge rehab
Community or reablement settings
Functional assessment and rehabilitation experience
Strong communication and MDT skills
Ability to work autonomously in the community
Full clean driving licence and access to a vehicle
Desirable
Experience in primary care or community services
Experience with care homes or frailty pathways
Knowledge of NHS primary care systems
Postgraduate training in frailty, rehab or advanced practice
Typical Patient Groups
You will support patients who:
Live with frailty or multiple long term conditions
Have declining function or mobility
Have experienced falls or are at risk
Struggle with daily activities
Need support following hospital discharge
Require adaptations or rehab to remain independent
Supervision & Governance
You will receive:
Clinical supervision
Professional support aligned with HCPC/CSP standards
Access to CPD opportunities
Why This Role Matters
Physiotherapy in primary care enables early intervention for patients experiencing functional decline. By focusing on mobility, strength, rehabilitation and falls prevention, physiotherapists help patients remain safely at home while reducing demand on urgent and hospital services.
General Terms
Uphold Primary Care Physios Code of Conduct
Safeguard children and adults appropriately
Adhere to all organisational policies and procedures
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience working with older adults or people living with frailty Experience supporting individuals with multiple long term conditions and multimorbidity Experience managing falls risk, mobility decline, and reduced functional capacity Experience working with deconditioning and or sarcopenia Experience delivering post discharge rehabilitation in the community or at home Experience working within community, reablement, or home visiting services Experience completing functional assessments and delivering individualised rehabilitation programmes Experience developing person centred goals and supporting patients to improve independence Experience working effectively within a multidisciplinary team Ability to work autonomously in a community setting and manage a varied caseload
Desirable
Experience working in primary care or within a general practice environment Experience working in community services, including home visiting or community rehabilitation Experience supporting care home residents or working within frailty pathways Knowledge of NHS primary care systems, processes and multidisciplinary working Experience using frailty identification tools or risk stratification approaches Experience contributing to service development, quality improvement or audit Postgraduate training in frailty, rehabilitation, older adult care or advanced practice Additional training in falls prevention, mobility optimisation or geriatric assessment
Qualifications Essential
Degree or Masters in Physiotherapy HCPC Registration CSP Membership
Desirable
Postgraduate training in frailty, rehabilitation, or advanced practice Additional training or certificates relevant to community rehabilitation, older adults, or falls prevention
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Primary Care Physio
Address Danby Surgery
Briar Hill
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 2PA
Employer's website https://www.primarycarephysio.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)