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.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.
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.
PLEASE NOTE CAR DRIVING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS POST
The main purpose of the Practitioner service is to provide a high quality easily accessible, timely and effective clinical service for patients within Midlothian. To work effectively as a member of the team, ensuring optimal patient care in the patient’s home environment.
The post holder will utilise clinical skills and knowledge incorporating a high level of critical thinking and clinical judgement skills. They lead on developing an impact evaluation on this service. This will involve working autonomously with high level of decision making and problem solving. They will lead this service improving practice underpinned with values based care.
To provide clinical support and advice to other members of the team whilst also acting as a first point of contact and making referrals to or co-ordinating with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Possess the full range of skills and competences to meet and priorities emergency and urgent care needs of patients who are within the care of the Hospital at Home team to cover a wide range of interventions and have the capacity to call in specialist expertise when a patient requires it.
Ensure the highest standard of personalised care is delivered to patients, families and work in partnership with the multidisciplinary Midlothian teams.
Assess, plan and implement advanced level care and deliver and maintain optimal care outcomes.
Motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model.
Provide advanced and specialist, education and training programmes for the team
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.