The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the University Hospital Hairmyres, West of Scotland Vascular Service for an assistant practitioner to provide ongoing rehabilitation to patients while in hospital and supporting efficient discharge planning.

Duties

The ideal candidate will be an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic AHP Assistant Practitioner who has experience of working within a rehabilitation setting. Duties will include:

• Working under the supervision of registered therapy staff to assist patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals.
• Undertake baseline assessments within clearly defined parameters for the identified service.
• Implement, adapt, and progress treatment programmes within agreed protocols and defined parameters.
• Use specialist technical and practical skills to deliver flexible, patient-centred programmes across a variety of clinical settings.
• Discharge or transition care within agreed protocols and defined parameters.

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 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

Qualifications And Experience

• HNC in healthcare, education or social care or SVQ III in healthcare, education or social care or equivalent experience in a health, education or social care environment.
• Short specialist courses relevant to the specific clinical area.
• Full driving licence holder.

Knowledge and Skills

• Awareness of health legislation relevant to the clinical area.
• Knowledge of the therapeutic process, techniques and/or activities relevant to the client group.
• Basic assessment skills.
• Ability to apply a range of technical and practical rehabilitation skills.
• 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.
• Car Driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence.

The above duties and responsibilities are intended to represent current priorities and are not meant to be a conclusive list. The post holder may be asked to undertake other reasonable duties.

Appointments are subject to Disclosure Scotland and Occupational Health checks.

It would be great if you also have

• Breadth of experience in therapy or rehabilitation/re-ablement in a health, education, or social care environment.

Contract type

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Occupational Therapy within University Hospital Hairmyres. The working pattern for this role TBC. Applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, we would love to hear from you!

Contact Information

Please contact Laura Lambie, Occupational Therapy Team Lead on laura.lambie@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Marion Bisset, Recruitment Administrator on Marion.Bisset@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk (Include job title and reference number in your email).

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
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures.

NHS Lanarkshire offers various support services that can assist with topics impacting both your working and personal life, including occupational health, spiritual care, and independent counselling.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. For more information on the recruitment process or NHS Lanarkshire services, refer to our information pack or recruitment webpage.