263383 - (SM) Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Scotland invites applications for an Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join the Assistive Technology Service at the SMART Centre, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh. You will work within the Allied Health Professional Therapy team, handling a delegated caseload to assess equipment needs for daily living and provide information to patients and staff.

The role supports service development within the DLC and participates in transformational changes across the Edinburgh Health and

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme membership is required for this post.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' needs related to equipment for activities of daily living within the Disabled Living Centre (DLC).
• Provide advice and information in person or by telephone on equipment and services.
• Support the Allied Health Professional team and contribute to developing the DLC service and transformational changes in Edinburgh.

Skills

PVG Scheme membership

Job description

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An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner to join the Assistive Technology Service at the SMART (Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology) Centre, Astley Ainslie Hospital, Edinburgh. The SMART Centre (www.smart.scot.nhs.uk) provides highly specialised clinical rehabilitation technology services across the southeast of Scotland.

As part of a dedicated Allied Health Professional (AHP) Therapy team the post holder will be allocated a delegated patient caseload by the qualified AHP and be expected to work independently within the Disabled Living Centre (DLC) assessing the patient’s needs in relation to equipment for daily living.

The post holder will support the qualified AHP staff by taking an active clinical role and providing advice and information in person or on the telephone in relation to equipment and services. The post holder will also be involved in developing the DLC service and participating in the current transformational changes within the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership.

Contacts:

Sarah Sutton, Team Lead, Clinical Assessment, 0131 537 9449, [e-mail] or Suzanne Connolly, Team Lead, Clinical Assessment, 0131 537 9449. [e-mail]

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 Immigrations 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.

Please note: 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.

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.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.