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Job Title: Senior Physiotherapist-Primary care adult
Base: City East, Galway
Contract Type: Full-time agency contract
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Aligned with HSE pay scales for the appropriate Senior grade.

Excel Recruitment are recruiting a Senior Physiotherapist or experienced Staff Grade Physiotherapist for a Primary Care team in east Galway, Co. Galway.

As a Senior Physiotherapist within the Primary Care Adult Service, you will work with a broad range of adult clients in the community. This diverse caseload may include musculoskeletal conditions, falls prevention, mobility issues, neurological rehabilitation, and general adult rehabilitation needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as lead clinician in assigned areas and manage a complex adult primary care caseload.
• Provide comprehensive physiotherapy assessment, goal setting, treatment planning, intervention, and review for adults with MSK, neurological, mobility, falls-related, and rehabilitation needs.
• Deliver physiotherapy interventions across varied settings, including clinics, community settings, and home visits.
• Support clients to improve mobility, function, strength, balance, independence, and overall quality of life.
• Contribute to and lead on service development projects relevant to adult primary care physiotherapy.
• Support and supervise staff grade Physiotherapists, assistants, and students as appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with clients, families, carers, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Document all client interactions in line with professional and departmental standards.
• Participate in case conferences, review meetings, and multidisciplinary discussions.
• Contribute to professional standards, best practice, audit, and CPD.

Requirements:

• Hold a Physiotherapy qualification recognised by the Physiotherapists Registration Board at CORU.
• Minimum of three years’ post-graduate Physiotherapy experience, with at least one year at Senior level preferred.
• Strong experience in adult community, primary care, rehabilitation, falls prevention, MSK, and/or neurological physiotherapy.
• Experience managing a varied adult caseload within a busy clinical or community setting.
• Ability to manage limited resources and high workloads while maintaining excellent clinical standards.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, demonstrating leadership, initiative, and sound clinical judgement.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Full clean driver’s licence and access to a car for community visits.

How to Apply:

If you are a Senior Physiotherapist seeking more information, or if you wish to apply, please contact Charlene Cooke by email or by phone on +353 89 9455139.

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