184674 (AMG) Occupational Therapist Team Lead - Haddington, United Kingdom - NHS Lothian
Description
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.
Band 7 Occupational Therapist
In Lothian Work Support Services (LWSS) based
In Occupational Therapy Department
Astley Ainslie
Part Time post available 18.6
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in a well established and supportive vocational rehabilitation team providing work rehabilitation across Lothian.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist to join our Vocational Rehabilitation Service as Team Lead. You will be coming to work in conjunction with a job share partner Band 7 Occupational Therapist to support a team of 6 staff with the operational and professional running of the service. Support from a Head OT and Consultant OT in VR is readily available.
Varied clinical experience, including managing mental health conditions is desirable and vocational rehabilitation training and support will be provided to the candidate as required.
You should have excellent communication skills as well as strong assessment and clinical reasoning skills. Evidence of developing clinical services and staff is essential.
Working pattern can be flexible in conjunction with the other Band 7 team lead in post.
For further information please contact:
Gerry Mcfeely
Consultant Occupational Therapist – Vocational Rehabilitation
Or
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.