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Are you a newly qualified, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Physiotherapist or are you a Band 5 who wishes to further develop your clinical knowledge and gain more experience in a well-supported environment? If so, then NHS Fife would be delighted to hear from you.
Allowing you time to learn and develop, our rotations are 6 monthly and across a range of specialties. They include trauma and elective orthopaedics in our new purpose-built orthopaedic centre, acute and elderly medicine with access to renal and cardiology, surgical and respiratory care with exposure to ICU & HDU, neurology, paediatrics, community and Musculoskeletal outpatients. Whilst rotations are structured, an individual’s own learning plan can influence allocation.
As we progress with extending 5 out of 7day working, a willingness to weekend working is essential, however this is supported with a dynamic approach to work patterns. We consider flexible working, provide hybrid undergraduate placements and we support selective home working for non-clinical pieces of work.
Although Fife is a large geographical area the rotations operate across Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and Community placements in Central and West Fife. The locations are all commutable from Lothian, Forth Valley, Dundee and Perth and car share amongst colleagues is often available.
Our NHS Fife Physiotherapy strategic plan for 2022 - 2025 has 3 aims; inclusion, excellence and sustainability. Please come and join us!
For informal enquiries, please contact Mark Fargie - mark.fargie@nhs.scot or Morag Watson - morag.watson5@nhs.scot, Operational Lead Physiotherapists, and they will arrange a suitable time for a telephone call if desired.
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.