261664 R1 - (AJM) Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a Band 4 Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner to join the Medical Day Hospital team within Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The post is part-time with pro-rata salary, based at a Medical Day Hospital with flexibility to meet service needs city-wide.

The post supports geriatric assessment and rehabilitation for people living with frailty, working alongside medical, nursing and occupational therapy colleagues to deliver person-centred, safe rehabilitation in

Job description

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Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership

Band 4 Physiotherapy Assistant Practitioner

Medical Day Hospital

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Physiotherapy Therapy team in the Medical Day Hospitals, within Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The Medical Day Hospital provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary geriatric assessment and rehabilitation for people living with frailty and vestibular impairments. Physiotherapy is integral to the service, working closely with medical; nursing and occupational therapy colleagues. The post holder will have a designated base at one of the Medical Day Hospitals with expectation that location will be flexible to meet the needs of the service city wide. The team aims to provide person-centred, safe and quality rehabilitation working with patients both within clinic and the patient’s own home.

The Physiotherapy team is part of the wider Community Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Services with access to regular in-service training and supervision.

For further information please contact: [e-mail]

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.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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.

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

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

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.