R1; MG Specialist Occupational Therapist

Location

East Neighbourhood Office, 101 Niddrie Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH16 4DS
- North Edinburgh Older People’s CMHT

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.

We are delighted to be advertising this opportunity for a Specialist (band
6) Occupational Therapist to join the North Edinburgh Older People’s Community Mental Health Team. The clinical skills needed for success could have been gained in a variety of settings and there is the scope to use a wide breadth of core OT skills for assessment, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation to maintain people living at home, offering advice and guidance to support and empower natural support networks.

• Offer assessment, therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation to maintain people living at home.
• Provide advice and guidance to support and empower natural support networks.
• Work with adults over the age of 65 with a diagnosed mental health problem, people living with dementia, or who are querying a dementia diagnosis.
• Make a real difference to clients, colleagues and influence the contribution of OT within OPMH and EHSCP.

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.

If after reading this information, you’d like to know more about what is included in the role or how your career pathway and aspirations might match our position please contact:
Jennifer Simpson, Lead Occupational Therapist, OPMH CMHT North. , email: jennifer.simpson8t. Please be aware I will be on leave until the 6th July but will contact you as soon as possible on my return.

This is a part‑time position, and the salary will be pro‑rata. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

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.