220525 - Orthotics Team Lead (FWW) - #1796853

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Orthotics Team Lead, SMART Centre, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh

AFC Band 7 37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Orthotics Team Lead within the Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) Centre. The SMART Centre is one of 5 centres in Scotland (Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow and Inverness) providing Rehabilitation Technology Services and covers Lothian, Fife and the Borders (approx. 25% of Scotland’s population). These include Mobility and Postural Services (wheelchairs and special seating), Prosthetics, Orthotics, Bioengineering Services, a Disabled Living Centre and Gait Analysis Service. We are also one of two Centres in Scotland providing a national Specialist Prosthetics Service and we also provide a national Driving Assessment Service and Spinal Orthotics Service.

SMART is part of the Rehabilitation Service of the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The department has its own specialist workshops and stores on site, with some items currently manufactured externally.

The Orthotics service is part of the wider Prosthetics and Orthotics Service which consists of the Head of Prosthetics and Orthotics Services, Team Leads for both Prosthetics and Orthotics, Prosthetists, Orthotists and a Prosthetics and Orthotics Technical Team.

We require an individual with good interpersonal and communication skills who can demonstrate that they can lead a team and work well as part of the wider Prosthetics and Orthotics team as well as with other teams across both SMART Services and NHS Lothian.

If you wish further information about the services within SMART you can visit the SMART Website or for a confidential discussion or further details please contact Nicola McCormack, Head of Prosthetics and Orthotics on [email protected]