Team Lead Physiotherapist - Stroke/Neuro -CG

NHS Scotland; Kirkcaldy; Sur place; GBP 55 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible working

Family-friendly policies

On-call negotiable

Résumé du poste

NHS Scotland invites applications for a Physiotherapist with strong leadership and clinical expertise to head the Stroke/Neurology Physiotherapy Team at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. You will lead a small team, ensure high-quality discharge planning, and work within an MDT to deliver inpatient physiotherapy across wards.

The post holder will supervise staff, contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate training, and participate in quality improvement and audits while maintaining flexible

Qualifications

• Qualified physiotherapist with HCPC registration.
• Proven leadership and management experience in a clinical setting.
• Experience with stroke/neurology care and complex discharge planning.

Responsabilités

• Lead the Stroke/Neuro Physiotherapy Team and oversee physiotherapy services on the ward.
• Provide clinical leadership across the department and support in-patient wards.
• Drive quality improvement, clinical audit and staff development including PDPs.

Connaissances

Leadership

Staff supervision

MDT collaboration

Communication

Discharge planning

Description du poste

Are you looking for a leadership role?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist with highly developed clinical and leadership skills to lead the Stroke / Neuro Physiotherapy Team. The post holder will be responsible for leading Physiotherapy provision within the stroke/neurology ward but also support the wider department in the provision of Physiotherapy services across a range of in-patient wards at the Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy.

The post holder must therefore possess a strong depth of knowledge, understanding and management of a wide range of common and complex neurological disorders including stroke and will require knowledge and expertise of complex discharge planning. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are a must as collaborative MDT working is essential to the role.

You will be responsible for a small team of physiotherapy staff; therefore, previous experience of staff supervision/management is essential. The department is also fully committed to training the next generation of clinicians, and as such you will be actively involved in the dynamic provision of undergraduate and post graduate practice-based learning.

Physiotherapy departments across NHS Fife are committed to the clinical and leadership development of staff. We look to employ quick thinking, adaptable, clinically inspired individuals. In line with this there will be an expectation of the post-holder to identify action and participate in quality improvement, clinical audit, in-service training, regular appraisal and PDP meetings to ensure efficient and evidence-based practice.

Our department is friendly and supports staff wellbeing underpinned by our NHS Scotland workforce policies, excellent peer group and management support. We are committed to flexibility, please note the commitment to respiratory on-call working is negotiable for candidates.

Informal Enquiries: Catriona Bruce/ Amy Daly, Physiotherapy Managers on 01592 643355 ext 21108 / 26957

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UKFor specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundin the government website.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to truly be representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.