NHS Scotland
Neurodevelopmental Practitioner - Specialist Children’s Services
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC)
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.
The Role
This exciting opportunity has arisen to join the East Renfrewshire ND team on a permanent basis with the focus of the post on supporting neurodevelopmental assessment and intervention and working across ND pathway. The post holder will work as a core part of the East Renfrewshire team to contribute to the multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and impact.
It is suitable for an Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist or Nurse. You will be an integrated part of the team and you will have opportunity to contribute to neurodevelopmental assessment, post diagnostic intervention and providing support and consultancy across the wider children’s services as well as delivering and demonstrating uni-professional added value.
The post holder will be required to link with both Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and Specialist Community Paediatrics Teams as well as education. You are required to be HCPC/NMC registered (or relevant professional body), have relevant experience in neurodevelopment assessment, diagnosis and support strategies.
You should be confident in the uni-professional value add for these young people and their families and be able to evidence transferrable skills to CYP with neurodevelopmental impact. We are looking for someone who is organised, motivated and is looking to be part of a developing service. You must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills when working with children, young people and their families. You must also be able to demonstrate excellent team working and communication skills.
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Training and support for your professional development will be provided and we are committed to regular supervision, both uni-professional as well as part of multi-disciplinary team to support reflection, and evidence-based practice. It will be an advantage to have experience of assessment and intervention for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences.
A secondment will be considered if your current manager is able to support this.
Duration, Location, and Working Pattern
This is a permanent, part-time post of 21.6 hours per week.
The role is based at Barrhead Health and Care Centre, G78 1SW.
The shift pattern is to be confirmed.
Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part-time hours.
Key Responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description below.
Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:
Please See The Attached Job Description Below.
What we offer
We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.
As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:
- A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
- Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
- Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
- Enhanced pay for working public holidays
- NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
- Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.
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Additional Information
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.
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