Specialist Physiotherapist – Acute Medicine for the Elderly

Nhsayrshireandarran; Inverness; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Scotland is excited to announce a part-time position for a Physiotherapist dedicated to enhancing the AHP front door frailty service at Raigmore Hospital. The ideal candidate will have excellent frailty clinical skills and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team. This role includes responsibilities such as conducting geriatric assessments and ensuring patients receive timely care. Candidates will benefit from a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Formal and informal supervision

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and innovative Physiotherapist with excellent clinical skills.
• Experience in working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Interest in service development within health and social care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and assess frailty services across acute and community settings.
• Initiate comprehensive geriatric assessments.
• Collaborate with the MDT for optimal patient care.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills in frailty

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Experience in multidisciplinary teams

Job description

AHP Frailty at the Front Door

We are delighted to share this exciting new opportunity for Physiotherapy staff to join us to continue to develop our AHP front door frailty service within Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. This new service works across the interface between acute and community settings supporting those patients identified with frailty to maximise their independence and wellbeing within their local communities, to deliver early intervention to support timely discharge and to prevent avoidable hospital admission.

The post is part time and will form part of the MDT team delivering 12 hour day shifts over 7 days. This post will focus predominantly on frailty assessment beds and the initiation of MDT comprehensive geriatric assessment but will work flexibility, dependent on service need.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Physiotherapist with excellent clinical skills, in particular within the field of frailty, excellent organisational and communication skills and experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. An interest in service development within a fast paced and changing health and social care system is also desirable.

The successful candidates will work in partnership with the MDT throughout various Raigmore acute settings, as well as the community integrated teams, to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Joining our service offers candidates the opportunity to work as part of a supportive team. Formal and informal supervision is available and individual development through performance review and CPD activity is actively encouraged.

We look forward to hearing from you to discuss this exciting opportunity.

Contact: Nicola Bailey, North Highland, Physiotherapy Professional Lead [e-mail] or Abigail Chalmers [e-mail]

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.