Do you enjoy working with people in a highly motivated team to improve the physical function of patients in a hospital setting? If so, this could be the job for you! We have an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Support Workers to join the inpatient physiotherapy team. Working within a dynamic team you will work alongside physiotherapists in the assessment and treatment of a variety of different patient groups. You will also work independently to assess patients’ mobility, function and ability to carry out activities of daily living. You will provide exercise programmes and facilitate discharge plans to ensure patients are achieving their rehabilitation goals. The team covers a variety of wards including critical care areas, respiratory, post-surgical, cardiology, renal, medical, elderly medicine wards and the Acute Frailty Unit. This environment allows excellent variety with the opportunity to work in the early rehabilitation of complex patients with significant needs. Working as part of a larger multi-disciplinary team which includes medical staff, nurses, occupational therapists and healthcare support workers you will be given the opportunity to experience collaborative, progressive working within a fast-paced environment. You are expected to have (or be working towards) a health related HNC and/or SVQ Level 3 or be able to provide clear evidence of relevant training and experience equivalent to this. Health or social care experience in a Physiotherapy or related environment with previous experience of working clinically with patients is essential. You will require a basic knowledge of common medical, surgical and respiratory conditions with experience in post operative rehabilitation, teaching of exercises and provision of walking aids being essential. Demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the role of Physiotherapy and the Physiotherapy Healthcare Support Worker in the hospital will be required at interview. Excellent communication skills, a strong sense of responsibility and a good team working ethos are also essential to be able to work with your colleagues to support patients across a wide range of backgrounds. Basic IT knowledge is required and you will be expected to use a computer daily eg. electronic patient records, word processing, updating excel spreadsheets and use of internet. The department is committed to a regular programme of in-service training, continuous professional development, quality improvement, appraisal and personal development. Please join us to help provide a high quality service for inpatients in NHS Fife. We are open to flexibility and discussions around working pattern and exact hours will be agreed and negotiated. Weekend working will be expected in the future. We welcome enquiries to discuss the post and pattern of working. We also actively encourage visits to the team to understand the role and its responsibilities. For informal enquiries, please contact Marie Peck on 01592 643355, ext. 21055 / Lindsay Paterson-Brown, ext. 21109. NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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 Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. For 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 found here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes. 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 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.