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Prosthetist (NHS Lothian - SMART Centre, Edinburgh)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Prosthetist within the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre. The SMART Centre is one of 5 centres in Scotland (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Inverness) providing Rehabilitation Technology Services and covers Lothian, Fife and the Borders (approx. 25% of Scotland’s population). These include Mobility and Postural Services (wheelchairs and special seating), Prosthetics, Orthotics, Bioengineering Services, a Disabled Living Centre and Gait Analysis Service. We are also one of two Centres in Scotland providing a national Specialist Prosthetics Service and we also provide a national Driving Assessment Service and Spinal Orthotics Service.
SMART is part of the Rehabilitation Service of the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The department has its own specialist workshops and stores on site. SMART workshops provide in-house manufacturing and (outsourced) modified medical devices across the range of activities mentioned above.
The Prosthetics service consists of the Head of Prosthetics and Orthotics Services, Prosthetics Team Lead, Prosthetists, Prosthetics Technical Team Lead and Prosthetic Technicians. The prosthetist is responsible for providing high quality specialist life-long prosthetics care to patients with amputation/s or congenital limb loss, in a clinical environment. This service should be patient centered and ensure clinical and cost effectiveness. We require an individual with good interpersonal and communication skills who can demonstrate that they work well as part of a team. The post holders manage their own clinical case load. Whilst experience in Prosthetics would be beneficial, we would welcome applications from recent graduates.
If you wish further information about the services within SMART you can visit the SMART Website – www.smart.scot.nhs.uk or for a confidential discussion or further details please contact Carol Orr (Prosthetics Team Lead) on 01314464506.
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.