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An excellent opportunity has arisen for Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Physiotherapist to work within the Fife Rheumatology Service.
We are a dynamic and proactive MDT, led by a Consultant Rheumatologist, providing high standard care for clients with Rheumatic Diseases. This is a Fife wide service with a team of Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Podiatrists, Pharmacists and Psychologists.
You are required to be an experienced Physiotherapist who can provide a specialist physiotherapy service for clients with complex Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal presentations. As part of your role you will be required to assess and treat patient predominantly in an outpatient clinic settling at hospital sites but also to potentially lead a community exercise class and hydrotherapy class.
We will support and develop you with the needs of the service and your own career goals in mind, and encourage learning alongside the four pillars of practice with roles in education, research, clinical and service leadership. You will have a mentor and a supervisor who will listen to your ideas, involve you in service planning and nurture your development.
We are committed to Continuous Professional Development and appropriate learning opportunities and peer-support are offered. Clinical and non clinical time is generously balanced. Flexibility in outlook and mindset to travel around the Fife area is required depending on Service need. Your role will be solely within the Rheumatology Physiotherapy Service.
We work closely with wider physiotherapy colleagues, Allied Health Professions (AHPs), other health care teams, social care and the third sector to provide excellent care to the people of Fife.
Fife provides a unique location to live and work, sitting between the two major cities of Edinburgh and Dundee, with access to beautiful countryside and coastline locally. The Highlands and the majority of the countries’ population are within an hour and a half drive from central Fife.
For informal enquiries, please contact:
Paula Dowie, Lead Rheumatology Advanced Physiotherapist, NHS Fife, Whytemans Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy KY1 2ND on 01592 643355, Ext: 21381 / E-mail; paula.dowie@nhs.scot.
Craig Morris, Advanced Rheumatology Physiotherapist, NHS Fife, Whytemans Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy KY1 2ND on 01592 643355, Ext: 21381 /
E-mail; craig.morris@nhs.scot.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
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.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.