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
NHS Lanarkshire is committed to delivering high-quality, innovative health and social care that is person-centred. An exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Physiotherapist has arisen within the NHS Lanarkshire physiotherapy team. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team.
As a new physiotherapist in NHS Lanarkshire, our commitment to you is that we will provide the experience, support and opportunity to develop the high quality knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to deliver our organisational vision.
We are looking for motivated physiotherapists to join our North and South rotational teams, which work across:
* Surgical & Critical Care
* Care of the Elderly
* Medical
* Trauma & Elective Orthopaedics
* Neuro Stroke Rehabilitation
* Musculoskeletal Out-patients
* Community Rehabiltiation Teams
* Brain Injury
* Rheumatology
* Obstetrics & Pelvic Health
* Paediatrics
* Home First Team/Hospital Assessment Team
In This Key Role, You Will:
* Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including direct and indirect patient care.
* 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 and provide a clinical diagnosis for individual patients to determine their need for physiotherapy intervention.
* Act independently to plan, implement, evaluate, treat and progress patient care to maximise their rehabilitation potential – including decision making regarding discharge from care.
What You’ll Bring:
* Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
* The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
* Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Excellent time management skills
* Working knowledge of basic information technology
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 Laura Walker, Physiotherapy Lead on Laura.walker@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on marion.bisset@lanbarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Interested?
Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application.
You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack.
Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.
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