Physiotherapist - Specialist Musculoskeletal

Full‑time 36 hours per week – fixed term contract for 9 months from 10th August 2026.

We are looking to welcome an experienced and passionate MSK physiotherapist to our Adult MSK Outpatient Team in Dumfries and Galloway. This post will be based at Annan and split across clinics in other regional sites, based on service need.

Post holder must be able to travel independently to sites.

The post holder will apply specialist clinical reasoning skills and treatments to provide quality and patient‑centred care, in an outpatient community pathway within Dumfries and Galloway.

You will be working autonomously as well as part of the wider team, participating in in‑service training, quality improvement and service redesign. You will be able to independently manage your clinical caseload as well as provide other staff regular support and supervision.

• Appropriate experience in this specialty or member of a special interest group.
• Excellent communication skills and enthusiasm to be part of a dynamic friendly team.

• Flexible working options.
• Opportunities for career and learning development to enable you to thrive in your profession.
• Supportive induction and ongoing active team collaboration.

Interviews will only be held in person in Dumfries; there will be a clinical element and the potential date is 30th June 2026. Applications may close early on Jobtrain depending on interest for this post.

Contact:
Sinead Little (Sinead.Littlet) or Ali Howie (Alison.Howiet).

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