263702 - (SNIS) Occupational Therapy Assistant

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; Presencial; GBP 11.000 - 14.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Scotland is offering a Band 3 Occupational Therapy clinical support worker role based at Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. The post is part-time (20 hours over 4 days) with pro-rata salary and integration into the Medical Day Hospitals service for geriatric assessment and rehabilitation.

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support occupational therapy alongside medical, nursing and physiotherapy colleagues, contributing to person-centred, safe rehabilitation in a busy hospital

Formación

• PVG Scheme membership is required.
• Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom is assumed and must be satisfied as per UK rules.

Conocimientos

Teamwork

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Communication

Descripción del empleo

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Band 3 Occupational Therapy clinical support worker - permanent post 20hours over 4days.

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Occupational Therapy clinical support worker to join the Medical Day Hospitals service, within Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The Medical Day Hospital provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary geriatric assessment and rehabilitation for people living with frailty. Occupational therapy is integral to the service, working closely with medical; nursing and physiotherapy colleagues. The post holder would have a designated base at the Western General Hospital, working with patients both within the North Medical Day Hospitals and the patient’s own home. The team aims to provide person-centred, safe and quality rehabilitation.

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.

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.

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