Band 5 physiotherapist (rotational)
Location: Royal Infirmary and Western General Hospitals, Edinburgh
Hours: 36 hours per week, temporary, 7 months

We are looking for motivated proactive Physiotherapists to join our acute adult therapy service.

Rotational Posts include:

• General Critical Care
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Acute Medicine
• Trauma and Elective Orthopaedics
• Respiratory
• Out-patients
• Neurosurgery
• Stroke
• Medicine of the Elderly
• Major Trauma

You will have:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide concise professional advice and the ability to work in liaison with multi-professional teams.
• Strong assessment and decision-making skills to deliver physiotherapy treatment planning, goal setting and discharge planning in a range of specialities.
• A confident and assertive outlook to facilitate ongoing service development within a proactive and energetic department.

You will:

• Undergo training and receive support to enable your participation in overnight on call and weekend working
• Participate in a 5/7 day working pattern which includes Saturday and Sunday working every 8 weeks

These posts offer a varied and interesting case mix. The department offers individual professional development through regular CPD opportunities and individualised appraisal with the NHS-wide Turas system.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking and innovative service, and take an integral part in service review and development.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, refer to the job description and person specification documents. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Sam Stirling, 0131 537 1287.

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.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. 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.