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First Contact Practitioner – Physiotherapist in Advanced Practice
We can offer you:
- Dedicated non-clinical time for clinical practice, education/CPD, leadership and research and development to support you and the service
- Opportunities for career and learning development
- Supportive leadership and active regular team collaboration
- Flexibility within a restorative rural environment
- A focus on staff wellbeing within a nurturing team
We are looking for 2.6 WTE enthusiastic MSK physiotherapists working at an advanced level to join our developing First Contact Practitioner service in beautiful scenic Dumfries & Galloway.
Enabling physiotherapists to work within the Primary Care Team as Advanced Practitioners to impact patient care at the first point of presentation is highly rewarding. The FCP role in Dumfries and Galloway allows clinicians to develop within Physiotherapy in GP practices who may never have had access to expertise in MSK conditions previously. The posts are both challenging and exciting with a flexible design.
This post would suit an experienced, proactive and motivated Physiotherapist with:
- Highly specialist MSK clinical skills and knowledge of MSK conditions and differential diagnosis.
- A high level of awareness of MSK patient access, pathways within NHS and flow across health and social care services.
- An interest in being part of service development, quality improvement and collaborative team working across many services in our region.
- Postgraduate training and experience to Masters/Level 11 relevant to MSK Physiotherapy.
Hours: Full time or part time: 22.5 to 37.5 per week, job share and part time also considered
Successful postholders will be based throughout Dumfries & Galloway in GP practices within Wigtownshire area (including Stranraer), Stewartry area (including Castle Douglas), Nithsdale and surrounding areas.
We would be delighted to hear from you and informal enquiries are welcome, please contact Ruth at Ruth.Bell7@nhs.scot
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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