Specialist Physiotherapist - Orthopaedics

NHS National Services Scotland; East Kilbride; Sur place; GBP 43 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS pension

Incremental progression

Staff discounts

Résumé du poste

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Registered Physiotherapist to lead a designated clinical area in Elective Orthopaedics at Hairmyres Hospital. You will assess, diagnose, plan and discharge patient care, and supervise junior staff and students.

This role requires HCPC registration, a degree-level qualification, and postgraduate expertise. NHS Lanarkshire offers 35 days leave, an NHS pension, incremental progression, and access to staff discounts. Working pattern includes one weekend day per month.

Qualifications

• Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice demonstrating breadth of knowledge to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.

Responsabilités

• Actively assess, analyse clinical information and provide highly specialist diagnosis to determine physiotherapy intervention needs.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise rehabilitation potential, including discharge decisions.
• Supervise, educate and develop junior staff, physiotherapy support workers and students within the specialty.

Connaissances

Physiotherapy

Clinical governance

Leadership

Education/mentoring

Formation

HCPC registration

Degree level

Postgraduate expertise

Description du poste

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

Takes a lead role for a designated clinical area with a caseload incorporating patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge. Has responsibility for the supervision, education and development of more junior staff, physiotherapy support workers and students within the speciality.

Provides a specialised resource to other healthcare staff/patients/carers.

Has active involvement in Clinical Governance and Clinical Effectiveness and Research

The working pattern for this role includes one weekend day per month. The clinical area is Elective Orthopaedics within Hairmyres Hospital.

In this key role, you will:

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care
• To assess capacity gain valid consent and have the ability to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent.
• Act independently to assess, analyse clinical and non-clinical information and provide highly specialist and comprehensive clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention. This includes patients with complex presentations
• Act independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise rehabilitation potential – including decision making regarding discharge from care

What You’ll Bring:

• Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Kathleen Longmuir, Physio Team Lead on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Adnan Saddique, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

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Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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