Physiotherapy

See what graduates from last year’s Physiotherapy course at Glasgow Caledonian University went on to do after graduation. The chart below shows how many graduates were employed, in further study & unemployed six months after graduation (the category ‘Others’ includes graduates who were either not available for employment, were taking time out, were starting a job the following month, or were doing something else).

Destinations for Physiotherapy graduates from DLHE survey 2009/10

Employed: 59
Further study: 6
Unemployed: 5
Others: 3
Total 1st degree returns: 73

81% of graduates from our Physiotherapy course last year who responded to our survey were in employment six months after graduation – graduate employers included the following companies:

Active Therapy
British Red Cross
Glasgow Celtic Football Club
Lincolnshire Health Trust
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Tayside
Stirling Albion Football Club

Professional Bodies

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• Health Professions Council
• NHS Careers (England)
• NHS Education for Scotland

Guide to researching graduate vacancies:

• Specialist information for School of Health students is available in the Applications and Interviews section below
• Please refer to our suite of leaflets which will assist you in your search for a graduate job, further study or placement. The leaflets also cover topics including A Guide to Jobsearch for Physiotherapists, Writing a CV, interview techniques and the application process which you may also find useful. All these leaflets are available from the Careers & Employability Centre, M015 George Moore Building, or can be downloaded from our website. 
• Also look at the listings of graduate jobs in the vacancy section of our site. On average we receive over 30 new vacancies daily and we usually have over 500 graduate jobs, placements and part-time jobs advertised at any one time - be sure to check our website regularly.
• Register with the Careers Service and we will email you jobs matching your specified requirements as soon as they are advertised.

Applications and Interviews

• View our recent seminar on Interview Techniques for Physiotherapists (Powerpoint slide)
• View our recent seminar on Effective Applications for Physiotherapists (Powerpoint slide)
• Writing a CV & Covering Letters for Physiotherapists
• Interview Questions for Physiotherapists
• NHS Personal Statement for Physiotherapists
• A Guide to Interviews for Health Professionals
• ‘Survival Guide In Obtaining Your First Physiotherapy Post’ available to CSP members
• Applications, CVs and covering letters (www.prospects.ac.uk/links/Appforms & www.prospects.ac.uk/links/CVwriting)
• Making An Impact: The Graduate Job Interview (AGCAS DVD)
• Your Job’s Online (AGCAS DVD)

Postgraduate study/research

• Find a Masters.com
• Find a PhD.com
• Postgraduate Study (Graduate Prospects)
• HealthQWest - based in the West of Scotland, providing research training for nurses and allied health professionals

NHS Jobs

• NHS (Scotland) – Search for vacancies by region, employer and category
• NHS (England and Wales) – Search options include keyword, location and salary.
• NHS (Northern Ireland) – Official gateway for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

Jobs General

• CSP website - Search for vacancies by category, location, employer, full/part time and permanent/temporary. Track your job search and applications in 'My Profile' and use the 'Job Advice' section.
• Health Jobs UK.com UK’s largest independent database of jobs in the health sector. Search by job title, county or employer.
• Physiobob.com Physical Therapy and Physiotherapy vacancies in Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, USA and UK.
• Pulsestaffing - recruitment agency for specialist nursing and health care vacancies

Private hospitals

• BMI Healthcare Includes a ‘Looking for a Job’ section
• Private Healthcare Includes a ‘Health Jobs’ section
• Spire Healthcare Vacancies at hospitals previously owned by BUPA

Private practice
See Professional body for advice/regulations information

• Physio First (Formerly known as the Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practice.

Charities and voluntary sector

• Charity Jobs
• Good Moves Charity and Voluntary sector recruitment Scotland
• Jobs in Charities
• Voluntary Sector Jobs
• Third Sector Vacancies in charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprise

Sports Clubs/Gyms/Leisure Centres

• Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine
• Fitness Industry Association (FIA vacancies section)
• British Association of Sport & exercise Sciences (job vacancies section)
• Sport Scotland (jobs section/ careers in sport)

Complementary medicine

The following websites are good starter sites for investigating this field. They are not recruitment websites. See also relevant links & information from your own professional body website.

• Foundation for Integrated Health
• Institute for Complementary Medicine
• Massage Therapy  Information, advice and guidelines on holistic treatments

Medical equipment manufacturers and suppliers

• UK Science Parks Association Regional search & vacancy information
• National Library of Scotland's Scottish Business Information Service Find a company/industry
• Scottish Business Directories Links to all of Scotland's Business Directories

Working Abroad

• ‘Students planning to work abroad’ available to CSP members
• American Physical Therapy Association
• Australian Physiotherapy Association
• Canadian Physiotherapy Association
• European Region of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy
• Physiotherapists Society of New Zealand
• South African Society of Physiotherapy
• World Confederation for Physical Therapy
• Ireland: General Careers in Health website
• Opportunities in a variety of countries
• www.prospects.ac.uk (NB see quick links)
  Information on working and studying in over 50 countries throughout the world

Other opportunities for Physiotherapists
There are also opportunities for physiotherapists to work in other areas including:

• The Armed Forces; Army
• The Royal Air Force
• The Royal Navy
  
  Please email us with other useful sites and we may add them to this list