Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

37.5 hours – Permanent

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.

The post holder has professional and managerial responsibility for a case load of patients allocated to the specialist service within the Minor Injuries (MIU), part of the Emergency Department, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh,

Responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery and maintenance of optimal care outcomes, utilising specialist clinical knowledge to inform decision making and clinical judgment.

To provide advice to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the management of patient conditions through the assessment, treatment and review planning process in partnership with the patient / carer.

Provide advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, patients, carers and relatives.

Support the development of the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies.

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.

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. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Venetia Price on 0131 242 3942.

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