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NHS National Services Scotland; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in Scotland is seeking a full-time Physiotherapist position within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will support individuals facing frailty by maximizing their independence and preventing hospital admissions. Applicants should have a commitment to service improvement and experience in community and acute services. This post offers flexible working options and emphasizes support for ongoing training and education.

Qualifications

• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings.
• Strong commitment to service improvement and self-development.
• Ability to work across acute and community services.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with frailty to maximize independence.
• Facilitate and enable communication in multi-disciplined teams.
• Work across primary and secondary care interfaces.

Job description

Opportunity

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40 000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Position

This is an exciting opportunity for a Physiotherapist, Glasgow City HSCP.

Shift Pattern

Shift pattern - Five over seven days.

Contract

The post is full‑time although part time options may be considered for a period of 1 year to provide resilience to the service expanding to cover 7 days. This is being offered as either fixed term or a secondment opportunity and as such applicants for secondment require agreement from their current line manager prior to application.

Role Overview

This post is set within a multidisciplinary team working across acute and community supporting those with frailty to maximise their independence and wellbeing within their local communities, supporting early discharge and preventing avoidable hospital admissions.

Team and Placement

We welcome applications from experienced and innovative practitioners with an appetite for service improvement and self‑development. This post will work across the primary secondary interface, and join the HFRS team aligned within acute front doors in Glasgow City HSCP areas. Critical to the success of these roles will be facilitating and enabling communication between and within multi‑disciplined teams across acute and community services.

Education and Training

For the duration of this post, education and training will be aligned to the local induction and competency frameworks.

Working Pattern

These posts will be peripatetic working across acute and community to support the development of the 7 day service.

Contact

Informal contact: Andi Showell, Team Lead – andi.showell at ggc dot scot dot nhs dot uk – 078 037 23511.

Information for candidates

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: information for candidates.

Agenda for Change

As from 1st April 2026, the Agenda for Change full‑time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro‑riata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

Application

This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.

Equality and Diversity

NHSGGC – NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have. By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a forces friendly employer. We support applications from across the armed forces community, recognising military skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process. NHSGGC recognises the importance of work‑life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow.

Artificial Intelligence

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence, automated tools, or other third‑party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

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