Assistant Practitioner - East Kilbride, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland

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East Kilbride, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Role:

Implements and adapts treatment programmes within hospital and or community settings for individuals / groups of patients.

Use specialist technical and practical skills to deliver flexible, patient centred programmes.

Duties may vary depending on the care group / department or assigned area of work.

NHS Lanarkshire:

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire.

NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring:

Formal qualification at HNC Level or equivalent level of experience in a health / education / social care environment plus short specialist courses relevant to specific clinical area.
Awareness of health legislation relevant to the clinical area.
Knowledge of the clinical speciality/area process, techniques and / or activities relevant to client group.
Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
Time management, planning and organisational skills.
Working knowledge of basic information technology.
Ability to work individually or as part of a team
Ability to learn and develop new skills and maintain a record of learning.

Contract type:

Permanent

Part Time

Up to a maximum of 15 hours per week, working Saturdays & Sundays. Would consider applicants interested in working 1 weekend day per month

Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.

Location and Working Pattern:

This role will be based in Physiotherapy within University Hospital Hairmyres.

The working pattern for this role is Saturday and Sunday.

Looking to find out more?:

If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Why NHS Lanarkshire?:

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Worklife Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling.

This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information:

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description.

If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants:

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society.

A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

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.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment Website
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