Royal Hospital for Children and Young People
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly 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.
Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.
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.
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.
We are looking for a creative, innovative physiotherapist to join our MSK Inpatient team as lead for Orthopaedics, Burns and Plastics. This is an opportunity to work in collaboration with experienced physiotherapists across MSK, Major Trauma, Spinal Service, Respiratory, Neurology for peer support as well as the wider multi-disciplinary team to develop knowledge and skills within a children and young people setting.
You will join a team who predominantly deliver inpatient MSK services to children and young people up to 16 years who have had elective or emergency procedures for a range of orthopaedic conditions, traumas, burns and plastics. In addition, RHCYP is a regional Paediatric Major Trauma Centre as well as delivering the National Spinal Surgery Service This post is largely based within the inpatient setting, with some outpatients as required to meet the needs of the children and young people. We are looking for a physiotherapist with relevant clinical experience across a range of specialties who has an interest in working with children and young people. The age of the population we see means that experience working with children and young people in healthcare settings is beneficial but not essential. This post would suit someone who is interested in the clinical area and is committed to life-long learning to develop themselves and others to ensure ongoing service development to meet the needs of the children, young people and their families who require the support of the service. 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.
There is a requirement for on call within this role and support and training is provided.
We would encourage anyone who is interested to get in touch and come for a visit as you may find this is the post you have been looking for!
Informal Enquiries Kath Sharp 07970 847495 or Rosemary Gaunt 0131 312 1055
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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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