NHS Lothian
254048 (AP) Specialist Physiotherapist
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Job Opportunity
1 x 1.0WTE Band 6 Rotational Post
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
We are looking for a creative, innovative physiotherapist to join our team as a rotational Band 6 physiotherapist. We would welcome applications from those with relevant experience across a range of specialties and a keen interest to work with children, young people and their families with a focus on rehabilitation and enablement. Previous experience working with children and young people would be an advantage due to the age range of the population we see but not essential. This is an opportunity to work alongside an experienced team of physiotherapists, clinical support workers, the wider multi-disciplinary team as well as partner organisations contributing to the delivery of rehabilitation in partnership with families, children and young people.
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Key Responsibilities
- Join a forward-thinking physiotherapy team based within the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh.
- Rotate through a range of specialty areas including:
- MSK inpatients and outpatients
- Community rehabilitation
- Respiratory including critical care and community
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Neuro-disability
- Burns and plastics
- Major trauma
- Carry a caseload independently.
- Work with children, young people and their families in a variety of settings including their own homes, nurseries and early years centres, specialist and mainstream schools as well as outpatient and inpatient settings depending on need and specialty area.
Ideal Candidate
- Someone interested in pursuing a career working with children and young people.
- Committed to life-long learning to develop themselves and others and contribute to ongoing service development.
- As a service, we are committed to ensuring staff have the resources available to them to support continuing professional development across the 4 pillars of practice.
On-Call Requirement
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Application Information
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Informal Enquiries
- Kath Sharp 07970 847495
- Tim Shearman timothy.shearman@nhs.scot
Legal Requirements
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
Please note: We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
Reasonable Adjustments
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
PVG Scheme Membership
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
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