Victoria Hospital
Are you looking to develop and progress your career? Are you an individual with a growth mind set and enthusiasm for physiotherapy? Are you interested in personal and professional development specialising in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal advanced practice and also rehabilitation? If so, we would like to speak to you.
We are keen to attract a forward thinking and innovative Advanced Practice Physiotherapist to our Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Services. A passion and enthusiasm for the science and practice of the management and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal conditions is essential.
Excitingly your clinical remit will include supporting the development of the Orthopaedic Advanced Practice (AP) Service provision, alongside a dedicated Lead AP in orthopaedics. You will also work with the Physiotherapy Leadership Team to undertake and enhance orthopaedic and musculoskeletal outpatient rehabilitation within the wider MSK Physiotherapy Service. Clinically you will facilitate an early and preventative approach to patient care and provide rehabilitation (both one-to-one and groups) to patients with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal conditions, but also some advanced practice orthopaedic outpatient clinics e.g. spines, shoulders and or knees. Working in collaboration with colleagues in other areas such as Orthopaedics, Minor Injuries Unit and Emergency Department (ED), you will help to ensure an integrated approach to the MSK management of patients with a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. On-going possibilities for Service and quality improvement exist through this system wide approach to person-centred care.
You will have a mentor / supervisor and a career plan will be discussed and mapped with you, which will explore opportunities across the four pillars of physiotherapy practice. As an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist you will also input to the Allied Health Professions (AHPs) Research, Innovation and Knowledge Strategy.
We have a Physiotherapy Professional Strategic vision to promote a culture of excellence through an interlinked, effective and sustainable Physiotherapy Profession across Fife, ensuring best possible person-centred care for the people of Fife. The musculoskeletal physiotherapy roles are well established, with collaborative working across the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Outpatient Services.
Fife provides a unique location to live and work and is within easy commutable distance from most parts of the East of Scotland region, with many of our staff travelling from Lothian, Perth and Tayside. The new National Treatment Centre Fife Orthopaedics opened in 2023 within which this role will be based at times. Flexibility in working practices will be available for discussion. The full job role is detailed in the person specification and job description.
If you are keen to explore something new then we would be keen to meet you or speak to you informally.
For informal enquiries, please contact:
Murray MacLennan, Lead Orthopaedic Advanced Practice Physiotherapist -
Morag Watson / Mark Fargie, Lead MSK Physiotherapist and Advanced Practitioners -
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. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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.
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