The Role
A fantastic role has become available for an Advanced Practitioner within Physiotherapy. You will be an autonomous expert clinician working in a clinical specialist, whilst managing a clinical caseload of highly complex patients through expert physiotherapy assessment, treatment planning and discharge. You will be responsible for introducing new approaches to physiotherapy access and process increasing the focus on health promotion and self management.
Providing expert support and education for physiotherapists, health professionals, relatives and carers within and out with the service is key to the role. You will liaise with and refer to other social and health services to provide comprehensive patient management and optimise outcomes.
You will have responsibility for maintaining and improving all aspects of clinical governance, evidence based practice and quality assurance in service area in conjunction with the care group lead. and will implement research, audit and develop a service that responds to national initiatives policies and clinical governance.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire
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.
What we'll need you to have
* Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
* Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters 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.
* Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality.
* Evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement.
* Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership.
* Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
* The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative
* Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills
* Working knowledge of basic information technology
* Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence
Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
It would be great if you also have
* Master's degree in specialist area
* Member of relevant specialist interest group
* Member of CSP
* Multi-disciplinary work experience
* Research and audit experience
* Supervision skills
Contract type
Fixed Term until 31/03/2026
Full time
37 hours
Please note this is a fixed term post until 31/03/2026. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment.
****The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying****
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in FNC+ within Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters
The working pattern for this role is: 7 day rota
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Looking to find out more?
If you're looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you
Please contact Bernie Harvie on or Faith McRea on
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:
* A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
* A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
* Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
* Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
* Occupational health services
* Employee counselling services
* Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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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.
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