Physiotherapist - Physiotherapy

NHS National Services Scotland; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is recruiting band 5 Rotational Physiotherapists across GG&C. The post involves five out of seven days, 08:30-16:30 with on-call duties, and rotations across acute, community, and primary care settings. Applications from graduates and those nearing HCPC registration are welcome.

Rotations include Burns and Plastics, Spinal Injuries and Beatson Oncology, with career development and university links supported by the trust.

Qualifications

• Must have or be eligible for HCPC registration.
• Degree in Physiotherapy (BSc/MSc) or in final year of study.
• NHS experience is essential.
• Open to new graduates or those completing registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical physiotherapy care across rotations within GG&C.
• Participate in on-call duties as part of the shift pattern.
• Rotations include specialist services such as Burns, Plastics, Spinal Injuries, and Oncology.

Education

Degree in Physiotherapy

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 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.

The shift pattern for this post is - Five out of seven days a week, 08:30 - 16:30, plus on call.

The Physiotherapy service in NHS GG&C Acute are looking to recruit a combination of experienced and newly qualified physiotherapists to Band 5 Rotational Physiotherapy positions across GG&C.

We welcome applications from candidates either finishing or having completed their degree in Physiotherapy and are in the process of gaining HCPC registration. If you are already working applicants will require to have gained HCPC registration. NHS experience is essential, either as a registered physiotherapist or as a student.

NHS GG&C has 123 rotational physiotherapists employed which allows for great diversity within our teams.

NHS GG&C is divided into 3 sectors, North, South and Clyde. Each sector has acute hospitals, community hospitals and primary care bases. These rotations are initially six month long and increase to nine months after two years.

On our rotation we are very fortunate to have a number of specialist services based in GG&C such as Burns and Plastics, The National Spinal Injuries unit , the West of Scotland Major Trauma unit and the Beatson Oncology Services.

There are constant opportunities to develop and progress your career in multiple different settings and in a supportive environment. For our new graduates we will provide support with Flying Start and for our more experienced staff we have links with the universities and provide support with further studies. We can also support with secondment opportunities.

We passionately believe that physiotherapy does have a positive impact on the lives of the people in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and are looking for staff to support us with this.

If you’re interested in finding out more about this post and applying for this position, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Informal contact: Dave Furniss, Rotational Physiotherapy Lead, 0141 201 0135 / 0134, [e-mail]

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

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