Physiotherapist - Home First Response Service

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

The Home First Response Team provides timely, person-centred interventions that support patients to maximise their health, wellbeing, and independence through a coordinated, multidisciplinary approach.

The team acts as a key link between acute and primary care services, ensuring effective communication, seamless care planning, and optimisation of the patient journey across care settings.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

• This is a permanent full-time post (36) working these hours 5 over 7 days.
• You will be based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
• Please note that all roles will be assessed for sponsorship eligibility in line with current Home Office requirements. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) can only issue a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) where these are met.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Within the Home First Response Team, you will utilise highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by advanced theory, clinical practice, and experience, to deliver a high-quality specialist service. You will provide expert clinical intervention, education, and support to patients and their carers.

You will deliver advanced specialist assessment, case coordination, treatment, and planned discharge support for adults with complex rehabilitation needs, ensuring safe, person-centred care across community and acute interfaces.

Working autonomously across a range of health and social care settings, you will combine a senior clinical role with responsibilities including case coordination, health promotion, audit activity, staff and student supervision/induction, and provision of expert professional advice on clinical interventions.

You will manage a complex clinical caseload within the service, applying expert specialist knowledge and skills relevant to your professional discipline, and working effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Supporting the safe discharge of patients from hospital and contributing to the prevention of inappropriate hospital readmissions
• Delivering specialist direct clinical care, including comprehensive assessment, treatment, and management of patients referred to the service
• Working collaboratively with health, education, and social care colleagues to ensure coordinated, effective care for adults with a wide range of complex clinical conditions
• Providing supervision, guidance, and support to less experienced practitioners, support workers, and students, and advising the wider multidisciplinary team and partner agencies on professional interventions
• Working autonomously to manage a delegated caseload, including assessment, intervention planning, implementation, and evaluation of outcomes
  
  

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• Diploma or degree leading to Physiotherapy HCPC registration
• HCPC registration
• Relevant NHS experience
• Documented evidence of commitment to CPD and leading in-service training
• Specialist interest in frailty
  
  

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
  
  

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact: Alison Togher - Team Lead on 0781682814 or Alison.togher@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:

This post may close early due to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.

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