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Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist Respiratory Care (APP)
Band 8A £58,496 - £63,026 including Distance Islands Allowance pro rata per annum
Full Time 37.5 Hours per week
The Balfour
Fixed-Term for 18 Months
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership for a committed, forward thinking, experienced Advanced Physiotherapist Practitioner to join Team Orkney. There are unique challenges in delivering both acute and long-term condition support to people in remote and rural communities. This role will critically examine a suitable and sustainable model of care for the communities of Orkney Islands. As the Advanced Practitioner, you will have a dual role with responsibility for the organisation and clinical leadership of the highly specialist physiotherapy interventions to patients with complex respiratory care needs and to propose and evaluate a model of care that are clinically sustainable and ensures best value.
Across Orkney, the Physiotherapy Service strives to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, patient-centred sustainable care. The successful postholder will also take a lead role in reviewing physiotherapy respiratory on-call arrangements and leading education and training as required. This role requires a highly experienced clinician who can also demonstrate sound project management skills and the ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders in service evaluation and patient experience.
If you are a dedicated professional, highly motivated, organised, can be flexible and embrace change, has a passion for leading and developing others and who has a proven track record of high clinical standards then we want to hear from you.
This post is 1.0 WTE. We are open to consider part-time, flexible hours. If you would like to discuss any aspects of this opportunity, please contact us on the details below. We are keen to facilitate conversations or MS teams sessions with any queries you may have.
For informal enquiries please contact Morven Gemmill, Associate Director of Allied Health Professions by email morven.gemmill2@nhs.scot