Team Lead Physiotherapist

We are looking for an experienced senior physiotherapist with a wide range of clinical skills and supervisory experience to work within the Acute Medical Physiotherapy Team (9 staff in total). You will work 2 days a week in a physiotherapy leadership role across a range of acute medical and specialist services and contribute to the ongoing development of the physiotherapy team in line with the overall service aims and objectives

 You should have demonstrable advanced clinical skills/knowledge from relevant experience, postgraduate courses/in service, as evidenced in your Continued Professional Development portfolio with comprehensive knowledge of best practice / clinical guidelines / standards within a range of specialities relevant to this post. You will have a caseload incorporating patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge, have responsibility for the supervision, education and development of junior staff, physiotherapy support workers and students within the speciality, provide a specialised resource to other healthcare staff/patients/carers and have an active involvement in project work, service development, clinical governance and clinical effectiveness and be research active. The department has strong links with Universities providing student placements primarily from Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Informal enquiries to: Gillian Crighton, Integrated manager, gillian.crighton@nhs.scot

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Hours of work are:  15h per week  Fixed Term until 31 March 2025

Internal - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment.  You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview. 

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