Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Hospital at Home

Highly Specialist Physiotherapist – Hospital at Home
Location: Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership
Salary: Band 7 £40,872 - £47,846 per annum
37.5 hours per week

Exciting opportunities have arisen for experienced and enthusiastic physiotherapists to be part of Aberdeen City Hospital at Home Team.

Aberdeen City Hospital at Home Team provides hospital level care to patients living in their own homes. It is a MDT providing a comprehensive geriatric assessment and treatment for patients as an alternative to admission to hospital.

You will be seen as the lead for Physiotherapy within the team and work closely with the Team Lead. Professional supervision and links will be with the Physiotherapy Operational Lead in the community in Aberdeen City.

You are required to work 37.5 hours a week and this will be to support the Physiotherapy interventions within Hospital at Home Team over the whole week with the working week including a rota for Saturday and Sunday cover.

The physiotherapy service alongside the Hospital at Home Team has an active in-service training programme and aims to support relevant continuing professional development for the successful candidate.

NHS Grampian physiotherapy teams cover the North East of Scotland serving a region from the cairngorms to the North Sea including coastal moray. The hospital site houses all clinical specialties with the exception of organ transplant and paediatric ITU. NHS Grampian provides healthcare for a population of 540,000 with around 40% living within Aberdeen and the remaining 60% in Aberdeenshire and Moray.

NHS Grampian provides the perfect solution to all interests and lifestyles. Aberdeen has a very buoyant economy and offers all the attractions of any major city. Aberdeenshire boasts many picturesque towns and villages within easy commuting distance and provides access to a large range of outdoor pursuits including skiing. There are excellent transport links with Glasgow and Edinburgh easily accessed by train and Aberdeen airport has multiple flights top London daily and other
destinations across Europe. Assistance with relocation may be available.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Vicky Locke, Team Lead Hospital at Home, Victoria.locke@nhs.scot

Closing date: 1 December 2021.

To apply please click 'Apply for this vacancy' and then search for Ref No BC071098.