Advanced Practitioner – Physiotherapy

About the Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services. We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

• The post holder will act as an autonomous clinical specialist, managing a caseload of highly complex patients through expert physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and discharge planning.
• They will lead service development by improving access pathways, promoting health and self-management, and providing specialist support and education to physiotherapists, healthcare professionals, patients, relatives, and carers.
• Working collaboratively with health and social care services, the post holder will optimise patient outcomes while maintaining high standards of clinical governance, evidence-based practice, and quality assurance.
• They will also support research, audit, and service improvement initiatives in line with national policies and clinical governance requirements.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of the own professional activities.
• In conjunction with the care group lead, continually develops the specialist physiotherapy service in line with Divisional and National strategic direction, incorporating patient/public involvement.
• To take responsibility for the day-to-day management of the identified specialist service.
• Facilitate increased awareness of evidence-based practice within the service and assist the organisation and development of specialist postgraduate education/ training of physiotherapists and other health care professionals working within the clinical speciality and other physiotherapy services.

Requirements

• Registered Physiotherapist with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

Benefits

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

Schedule

The working pattern for this role is Mon - Friday during the hours of 9-5 pm.