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Midlothian Community Respiratory Team, Intermediate Care
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
There are 2 full time permanent Band 6 Physiotherapy posts available. Part time requests, job share requests and secondments will be considered.
Midlothian Community Respiratory Team treats patients with COPD in the community, preventing hospital admission, treating acute exacerbations at home and optimising respiratory care in a holistic way. Patients may present with mixed respiratory disease as well as COPD.
The team is multidisciplinary including a Clinical Psychologist and a Dietetician.
We accept referrals from GPs, hospital staff, SAS and community health care professionals.
We recently won a national award – “Best COPD/Asthma project in Scotland” for developing our use of data in the service and have had recent media coverage on BBC Scotland for our work. We are currently working on a variety of digital projects which align with Scottish government national aims for NHS digital development and we present at a variety of national forums and research networks. We have a very extensive inservice training programme to support professionals develop to their best potential when entering this specialist area.
This postholder would supervise B5 Physiotherapists, clinical support workers and students. The postholder would also be involved in delivering training for a wide range of professionals and carers to increase knowledge and understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients medical and social needs.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Claire Yerramasu 07929784381 or claire.yerramasu@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.