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.

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

Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

NHS LOTHIAN

UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS DIVISION

Therapy Services

RIE

Band 4 Critical Care Recovery Service

Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

15 hours / Permanent

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic therapy assistant practitioner to join our Critical Care Recovery (CCR) service. This team is focussed on providing individualised therapy assessment and rehabilitation to ICU survivors within the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Our key aim is to enable individuals to regain independent physical function after having a prolonged stay in the Intensive Care Unit

As an assistant practitioner you will work with multiple members of the therapy team (including Physiotherapists / occupational therapists / Speech and language therapists / dietitians).

You will be allocated a delegated patient caseload by the qualified therapy team. 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.

You will also support the therapy 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 therapy support workers.

The range of conditions 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 CCR assistant practitioner.

Therapy Services support staff development through appraisal processes, supervision and CPD opportunities.

Candidates must display evidence of clinical experience of work in a variety of areas ideally including a rehabilitation setting, and will have relevant / current experience as a band 3 therapy support worker, or as a band 4 assistant practitioner.

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: -

Judith Merriweather,  Critical Care Recovery Service Lead on 0131 242 1000   bleep 5668

Or

Sophie Hobson,  Critical Care Recovery Service Physiotherapist on 0131 242 1000    bleep 5387

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. 

**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**