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Job reference: 038696
Salary: Band 8B (£60,134 - £64,736)
Job closing date: 28/12/2020
Job Type: Allied Health Professions
Location: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 07/12/2020
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lothian
Department: Major Trauma Service

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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.


To be the clinical rehabilitation lead in the field of major trauma rehabilitation supporting clinicians and others to provide best practice exercising a high degree of personal and professional autonomy in making complex decisions about patient management to ensure medical and rehabilitation needs are met.

Using Physiotherapy expert practice and advanced decision making, provide direct clinical care, diagnosis and management of acutely unwell Major Trauma Patients.

To provide strategic leadership for Major Trauma Rehabilitation across the South East of Scotland, develop and promote collaboration across the Scottish Trauma Network to ensure equality and equity of rehabilitation delivery.  

Lead, influence and undertake research in Major Trauma Rehabilitation. 

Education leadership for Major Trauma Rehabilitation in the South East Trauma Network.

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

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 Graeme Johnston on 0131 242 3461 or at graeme.johnston@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

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