Are you a physiotherapist with a special interest in influencing service delivery within respiratory?

The inpatient respiratory team are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Physiotherapist with highly developed clinical and leadership skills to lead the Respiratory Physiotherapy Team working across critical care and surgical in-patient wards at the VHK. There is a small commitment to respiratory outpatients.

You must possess a strong depth of knowledge, understanding and management of a wide range of common and complex respiratory /surgical presentations and will require knowledge and expertise of complex discharge planning with excellent communication skills.

Responsible for a large team of physiotherapy staff, previous experience of staff supervision/management is essential. There will be an expectation to identify, action and lead on quality improvement, clinical audit, in-service training, and evidence based practice.

The department is fully committed to the training of the next generation of clinicians, and as such you will be actively involved with undergraduate and post graduate education.

Our friendly department offers; in-service training, regular appraisal and PDP meetings, excellent peer group and management support.

For informal enquiries, please contact Amy Daly, Physiotherapy Manager on 01592 643355 ext 26957.

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To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be found here.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.