Assistant Practitioner – Major Trauma Therapy Services B4

NHS National Services Scotland; Scotland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Scotland is looking for a motivated Assistant Practitioner to join their Major Trauma Hyperacute Service. This full-time role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to provide specialized assessment and rehabilitation for trauma patients. Ideal candidates should have a background in rehabilitation and experience in collaborative care. Join a passionate team and enhance your clinical skills while making a significant impact on patient recovery.

Qualifications

• Experience as a support worker within key rehabilitation disciplines is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing screening assessment and treatment across various therapies.
• Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to address complex patient needs.

Skills

Rehabilitation background

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

Job description

Overview

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Shift pattern: Five out of seven days a week, 08:30 - 16:30

Full-time hours: effective 1 April 2026, all Agenda for Change posts will be reduced to 36 hours.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a B4 Assistant Practitioner in the Major Trauma Hyperacute Service in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH). The Scottish Trauma Network was set up to provide all aspects of trauma care, from the point of injury to rehabilitation.

You will be joining a multidisciplinary team which was set up in 2023, and includes Clinical/Neuro Psychologists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Therapy Support Workers. The Hyper Acute Major Trauma team currently works on an in-reach basis providing specialist assessment and treatment of complex trauma patients. Due to an identified gap in service provision, further AHP rehabilitation posts have been created to ensure equity of service provision for all trauma patients irrespective of their ward location.

Hyperacute patients have suffered a traumatic injury, often a brain injury, which has resulted in them having a variety of complex rehabilitation needs which requires a co-ordinated multi-disciplinary approach to assessment and treatment service.

These patients have often present with a variety of complex needs and will be recognised under the major trauma service. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team and further develop your clinical skills with complex patients, experience of close MDT working and be involved in service improvement and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team providing ongoing screening assessment and treatment across physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics.

Qualifications

• Background in rehabilitation.
• Preferably have worked as a Support worker within one of the key disciplines making up this team.

Contact

Informal contact: Gillian Davie, AHP Team Lead, 0141 452 2945, [e-mail]

Recruitment information

Information for candidates

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