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. West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service Band 6 MSK Physiotherapist 1 WTE, 37.5 hours Interview - Thursday 23/01/2025. Please note we may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage Are you dynamic, forward thinking and enjoy teamwork? If so come and join the MSK physiotherapy team in West Lothian You will work within the MSK physiotherapy team, which delivers a MSK service at St John’s Hospital and in ten Health Centres across West Lothian. You will have a mixed caseload of urgent, chronic, orthopaedic, and rheumatology conditions Referrals come from a wide variety of sources:- GP’s, GP Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners (APPs), NHS24 MATS telephone line & Consultants for musculoskeletal, orthopaedic and rheumatic conditions You will have the opportunity to work in a variety of MSK settings covering:- 1 to 1 consultations, gym rehabilitation, hydrotherapy, community, pain management, Women’s’ Health, GP APP service, Addiwell prison and DOSA (Day of Surgery Assessment Unit) managing elective orthopaedic conditions. We offer protected CPD time and a comprehensive training programme, which has been matched to your needs and work location. You will be allocated a senior mentor to help you achieve you objectives, fulfil your Personal Development (Plan PDP) and achieve all your pillars of practice This post will provide the development for you to move to a Band 7 role in core physiotherapy services or as an APP We have great links to our first contact GP Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APPs) service We work closely with APPs in the Spinal, Shoulder and Foot & Ankle pathways (with additional pathways planned) to ensure seamless quality care for patients We can offer flexible working hours. There are good transport links some members of our team happily commute from either Edinburgh or Glasgow. Informal enquires to Orla Crummey, Physiotherapy Lead Physiotherapist MSK OP Services on 01506 522057 This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post. For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.