Overview
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.
Responsibilities
* Act independently to provide a full comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service.
* Supervise AHP assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and students.
* Contribute to the development and delivery of training programmes for a wide range of professionals and carers.
* Educate carers and significant others in the understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients' medical and social needs.
Qualifications
* Post holder must 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.
Benefits
This post is part‑time with salary pro‑rata. The Agenda for Change full‑time working week will be reduced from 37 to 36 hours per week; part‑time hours will be reduced pro‑rata. The pay scale will remain unchanged.
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