Joomla theme revision - minor coding to search component

We have discovered the search function on the current theme we are using is not generating a sub-page but is appearing at the bottom of the content on the main page. Basically if you use the search box, all the results appear below the main content. Which makes it hard to see. We would like the search result list to appear within the normal framework, but as if it was a regular page rather than how it is appearing at present. It is a joomla site with a heavily modified purchased theme. We believe it is a pretty straight forward job to complete and shouldn't take a good joomla programmer long at all. Please do not bid if you do not have experience with joomla coding.