Physiotherapist

Band 6 (£39,912 - £48,635)

NHS HIGHLAND, Wick, Highland

Part time
Permanent

Posted 3 days ago, 17 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

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.

We are looking for an experienced physiotherapist to join our dynamic physiotherapy team. We are looking for a senior physiotherapist with skills that can provide whole person approach to physiotherapy for a wide range of acute and chronic conditions, across all four pillars of their practice. This post will be predominantly inpatient based working across acute medical admissions and rehabilitation wards in Caithness General Hospital as well as required cover to A+E. This post also covers assessment and treatment of patients in the outpatient setting who have chronic respiratory conditions and neurological conditions and may include providing support to other physiotherapy specialities within the team, as required, based on service need. You must be able to provide a high standard of care, providing specialised advice regarding variety of acute, neurological and respiratory conditions and provide treatment plans to support patient care.

You must also demonstrate you can -

Participate in service development.
Provide clinical supervision, support, training and delegation and training to Band 5 physiotherapists, students, and physiotherapy assistants.
Manage patient care as part of a wider collaborative team: including GP's, Occupational therapists, specialist consultants etc.
Have active participation in own clinical and service development within protected learning time and engage with non-clinical activities. Including regular Inservice training, service development and quality improvement and leadership.

Caithness is a beautiful place to live with many outdoor pursuits and activities to support a work life balance.

This is a fixed term, part-time post of 36 hours per week, worked Monday to Friday. This post is covering a period of maternity leave to 27^th February 2026.

Informal enquiries to: Jenny Peasley, jenny.peasley@nhs.scot, or

Nicola Baliey, Physiotherapy Professional Lead, North Highland, Nicola.bailey7@nhs.scot.

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

Care and compassion

Dignity and respect

Openness, honesty and responsibility

Quality and teamwork

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.