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NHS LOTHIAN
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DIVISION
Therapy Services
RIE
Band 4 Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner
Orthopaedic Team
37 hours / Permanent
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic physiotherapy assistant practitioner to join our Orthopaedic Physiotherapy service. This team is focussed on providing physiotherapy assessment and treatment to a wide range of patients in our orthopaedic wards with key aim of enabling individuals to regain independent physical function.
As a physiotherapy assistant practitioner you will be allocated a delegated patient caseload by the qualified physiotherapist. For your caseload and when relevant you will be expected to work independently, assessing the patient's needs, modifying treatment plans, and delivering this care without supervision. This will include progressing patients, reassessing and discharging within scope of practice. Full engagement with the multidisciplinary team on your ward is another key part of this position.
This position will play a key part in the delivery of the extended day Early Rehabilitation after Surgery (ERAS) service within the elective orthopaedic wards.
You will also support the physiotherapy team through a range of non-clinical duties, from equipment ordering, referring patients to primary care teams, to assisting with statistical information collation for patient activity audit purposes. You may also be involved in assisting with support of band 2 and 3 physiotherapy support workers.
The range of orthopaedic conditions and surgeries encountered and requirement for excellence in clinical reasoning and team working in this post at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh will allow the successful candidate to gain extensive and in-depth experience as a band 4 physiotherapy assistant practitioner.
Physiotherapy Services support staff development through appraisal processes, supervision and CPD opportunities.
There is a regular weekend working rota, and weekend working days are balanced with days off on weekdays.
Candidates must display evidence of clinical experience of work in a variety of areas ideally including Orthopaedics, and will have relevant / current experience as a band 3 therapy support worker, or as a band 4 assistant practitioner.
For further information please contact: -
Peter Nowack 0131 242 1000 bleep 7754
or
David Stewart 0131 242 1000 bleep 6634