Physiotherapy Team Leader - Medicine for Older Adults
Nhs Lanarkshire
Physiotherapy Team Leader - Medicine for Older Adults
Band 7 (£46,244 - £53,789)
Nhs Lanarkshire, Westwood, South Lanarkshire
- Part time
- Permanent
Posted 4 days ago, 14 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced physiotherapist to join our department within University Hospital Hairmyres and lead a team within Medicine for Older Adults. The team provides specialist assessment and treatment to a Medicine for Older Adults speciality - both acute and rehabilitation wards and will also be involved in developments within a frailty unit. This post requires an enthusiastic individual who is motivated to lead a team and to drive the role of the physio team in quality improvement and service development of older peoples services. This leadership role is also vital in developing and delivering the pan-Lanarkshire Medical Care Group priorities
The Role
The post holder will be responsible and accountable for developing, managing and delivering a specialist Physiotherapy Service as identified by the care group lead. The post holder will be responsible for introducing new approaches to physiotherapy access and process, increasing focus on health promotion and self management. The post holder will be responsible for the management and organisation of an identified team employed to deliver the specialist physiotherapy service. The post holder will be responsible for a highly specialised clinical caseload within their own area of clinical expertise.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
- Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
- Postgraduate expertise within speciality/area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality/area of practice.
- Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within the speciality/area of practice.
- Management qualification or equivalent gained through experience and continuous professional development
- Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in the area of speciality including study days/courses/post-graduate qualification
- The post holder will possess excellent teamwork/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
- Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Effective time management skills
- Working knowledge of basic information technology
It would be great if you also have
- Membership of relevant specialist interest group
- Evidence of training in supervision and leadership skills
- Member of CSP
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of research and audit
Contract type
- Fixed Term or Secondment for 8 months
- Part-Time
- 29.7 hours
- Please note this is a part-time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
- Please note this is a fixed term post for 8 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in the Physiotherapy Department within University Hospital Hairmyres.
The working pattern for this role Monday-Sunday 5/7.
Looking to find out more?
If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Carole Lindsay, Physiotherapy Site Lead at carole.lindsay@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator at marion.bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with the length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increases with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
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Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
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