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There are vacancies currently availabe within the following locations:
SALUS PIP Services Glasgow Argyle Street & St. Vincent Street (22.5 - 37.5 hours)
Please note the salary will be pro rata for part time posts.
The Salus PIP service offers a fresh challenge for nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and paramedics with relevent experience. With full training and on-going support via our friendly team of dedicated training managers, you will journey through a learning curve that provides professional and personal development, enhances existing skills and encourages peer support and mentoring.
The Salus PIP service is an NHS Lanarkshire service that delivers face to face Personal Independence Payment assessments to claimants. The service is delivered locally from high quality assessment centres throughout the West of Scotland and Edinburgh city centre.
Our eight week coaching programme and in house trainer support ensures you progress in your role, developing skills and gaining the knowledge you require to meet the quality standards required to ensure we’re providing the best possible service for our claimants.
We’ll ensure you’re trained to meet the requirements of the job by offering all of the above plus NHS training in a variety of topics including Equality and Diversity and Protection of Vulnerable Adults. We’ll also make sure that your statutory training such as Basic Life Support and Non Clinical Back Awareness is kept up to date.
At our CPD days there are opportunities to share your specialist knowledge with colleagues and learn from theirs.
Interested in working for a service that offers……
A respectful & dignified approach to disability assessment
- Formal disability analyst accreditation
- Monday to Friday 9-5
- Full and part time hours (minimum 22.5 hrs/3days)
- Comprehensive training
- On-going in house trainer support
- A dedicated mentor
- 3 ‘out of office’ continuing professional development days a year
- Eight weekly rolling coaching programme
- Your professional revalidation requirements
- 27 days annual leave in your first year rising to 33 after ten years
- 8 days public holiday
You will be educated to diploma/degree level or equivalent experience within a relevant field.
You must have valid NMC/HCPC registration.
You will have relevant post graduate training with relevant post registration experience within an NHS or similar healthcare environment working with clients with complex health conditions.
In addition, appropriate knowledge of the clinical aspects of a wide range of health conditions and disabilities is required.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by, Lynn Crockett, Deputy PIP Service Manager on 0141 275 4713
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Bradlay Lang, Recruitment Administrator on 01698 377849
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
Applications from candidates who require a Tier 2 Certificate of sponsorship (formerly Work Permits) will only be considered if no suitable UK or EEA national is identified for this post. For further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based System which now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK please visit www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk