Role Overview & Mandate
Executive Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work for the award winning Fife Rheumatic Diseases Unit based at Whyteman’s Brae...
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A fantastic opportunity has arisen to work for the award winning Fife Rheumatic Diseases Unit based at Whyteman’s Brae Hospital, Kirkcaldy.
The FRDU is a Fife Wide Service and operates within biopsychosocial model of care and a personal outcomes approach. The rheumatology team consists of doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, occupational therapy support worker, pharmacist, physiotherapists, podiatrists, a psychologist and a psychology assistant. You will be work across the physiotherapy and occupational therapy departments. Ability to travel throughout Fife is essential.
You will contribute to service development, be expected at band 4 to work independently within agreed parameters and use outcome measures to evaluate practice. You will be involved training, audit and research programme as well as undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Monthly supervision, Turas review and opportunities for continuous professional development are available.
Please note that this position will be either a Band 3 or Band 4, depending on experience.
You will need permission from your line manager if you are applying on a secondment basis
For informal enquiries, please contact Janet Harkess, Principal Occupational Therapist on 01592 643355 ext 20769 or Craig Morris, Advanced Physiotherapist ext 21294.
Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
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.
