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NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
This postholder will lead the CYP Neuromuscular Physiotherapy service, and will be based within the Edinburgh and East & Midlothian community physiotherapy teams. The post holder will play a key role in developing service improvement, quality improvement and will contribute to furthering the education and training of less experienced staff, linking locally and nationally with Medical and Physiotherapy colleagues working in this field.
The post requires the post holder to undertake the role of an Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner (APP), utilising high levels of decision making and clinical judgment, ensuring that patient health needs are met through the diagnosis and the management of complex patient conditions including assessment, treatment and review planning processes in partnership with patients and families. Provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives. The APP role encompasses that of expert clinician, educator and auditor. Take a key role in leading and developing the service to improve practice and work collaboratively, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies. To identify and be actively involved in audit and research activity which will contribute to the development of the service.
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 Sandra.Rathjen@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk