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Band 7 Physiotherapist

UK Ministry of Defence

City of Edinburgh

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Job summary

The Defence Primary Healthcare is seeking a Band 7 Physiotherapist for the Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility in Edinburgh. This full-time role involves delivering rehabilitation services, managing a multidisciplinary team, and providing clinical expertise in musculoskeletal care. The position offers a supportive environment with flexible working options and includes a locational allowance.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Free Parking

Access to Gym

Flexible working options

Inclusive working culture

Qualifications

Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professional Council.
Experience in managing musculoskeletal dysfunction.
Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner.

Responsibilities

Deliver comprehensive rehabilitation services for entitled personnel.
Manage staff including Band 6 Physiotherapists and Band 5 Exercise Therapists.
Provide advanced clinical expertise and advisory services.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Expertise

Management Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science (Honours) Physiotherapy

Redford Barracks, Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH13 0PP

Job Summary

Defence Primary Healthcare are a welcoming and inclusive organisation, dedicated to providing care to our service personnel.

The Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF) located within the Medical Centre at Redford Barracks; Edinburgh are seeking an enthusiastic Band 7 Physiotherapist to join their welcoming team.

If you can cope well under pressure, have sound judgement and decision-making skills, alongside the ability to communicate at all levels, this could be the role you are looking for. If so, we would love to hear from you!

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hrs per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Job Description

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Band 7 Physiotherapist is responsible for ensuring the provision and delivery of a comprehensive and professional rehabilitation service for entitled personnel within the PCRF Redford. In addition, to work as a Team Lead, managing staff, comprising of Band 6 Physiotherapists, Band 5 Exercise Therapists and Administration staff.

To act as a source of advanced clinical expertise in the management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and provide an advisory service to patients, other senior physiotherapists, Healthcare Professionals and General Practitioners (GPs) within the practice and Scotland and Northern Ireland Region.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Band 7 Physiotherapist is responsible for ensuring the provision and delivery of a comprehensive and professional rehabilitation service for entitled personnel within the PCRF Redford. In addition, to work as a Team Lead, managing staff, comprising of Band 6 Physiotherapists, Band 5 Exercise Therapists and Administration staff.

To act as a source of advanced clinical expertise in the management of musculoskeletal dysfunction and provide an advisory service to patients, other senior physiotherapists, Healthcare Professionals and General Practitioners (GPs) within the practice and Scotland and Northern Ireland Region.

Person specification

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

The post holder should be an autonomous practitioner and an expert clinician in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with musculoskeletal injury who are referred by GPs.
They are to develop and maintain skills required to work at a Clinical Specialist level within physiotherapy as acknowledged by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
They are to be aware of the boundaries of their own practice and are to manage the associated clinical risk effectively at all times.
They are to be responsible for the management of training needs which arise from such role development.
To advise the Senior Medical Officer (SMO), other HCP, Regional Occupational Health (ROHT), regarding highly specialist physiotherapy recommendations.
Responsible for the evaluation of the Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Services, workforce needs and implement appropriate change.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (Honours) (BSc (Hons)) Physiotherapy or equivalent

Memberships

Registered as a Physiotherapist with the Health and Care Professional Council

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB6 – Assessment & Treatment Planning
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB7 – Interventions & Treatment
An environment with flexible working options
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
NHS Pension
Free Parking
Access to Gym
In addition to the advertised salary, this post attracts a locational allowance of £3000 per annum (pro-rata for part time).

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

At application stage you will be assessed against the following:

Experience

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history and previous skills and experience.

Please provide information of how you meet the criteria set out in the Job Description. You may wish to further include examples of how you have tackled similar tasks or demonstrated the skills outlined in the job advert.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in your CV and that you have saved it, making sure that any reference to your personal details have been removed from your CV prior to submitting your application.

When choosing your Behaviour/Technical Skills examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.

Technical Skills

At interview you will be assessed against the following:

NHS Core – NHSC1 – Communication
NHS Core – NHSC2 – Personal & People Development
NHS Core – NHSC4 – Service Improvement
NHS Core – NHSC5 – Quality
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB6 – Assessment & Treatment Planning
NHS Health & Wellbeing – HWB7 – Interventions & Treatment

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

Please be aware that MoD medical roles based in Scotland will be aligned with the Agenda for Change NHS Pay Scales and Bands for England and Wales.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative. Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans - GOV.UK

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Experience and Technical skills.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job Contact

Name : Sharon Ritchie
Email : Sharon.Ritchie422@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team