Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker (Higher Level)
Band 3
Career Opportunities
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Teaching Hospital
We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly acute occupational therapy service.
You will work with minimal supervision to implement agreed occupational therapy plans as prescribed by the qualified occupational therapist, including ongoing assessment, evaluation, and management of patients. You will identify the need for changes in discussion with the qualified therapist or practitioner and will be supported to develop these skills and experience within a dedicated therapy team.
The current opportunity is within the integrated stroke unit (encompassing hyperacute, acute and rehabilitation post stroke). However, the Occupational Therapy service covers both the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital across a variety of clinical specialties (such as Medicine of the Elderly, Orthopaedics, Surgical, Cardiology, Respiratory). Depending on existing internal interest, the clinical specialty recruited to may change.
Having an awareness of the role of occupational therapy in the acute or rehabilitation setting and clearly demonstrating this in your application is essential. You will be compassionate, have good communication (verbal and written) and time management skills, and work well within a team.
There will be a commitment to weekend working in the occupational therapy team at RIE as part of the 5 over 7 day working pattern. We have strong network links via an excellent bus service and an easily accessible free Park and Ride car park nearby. Therapy Services actively support staff development through the appraisal process, supervision, and CPD opportunities.
If after reading the advert, job description, and person specification you would like to discuss the position further, please contact:
Laura O’Donnell, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, Tel: 0131 242 6936 or email: laura.o’donnell@nhs.scot
OR
Jill Beswick, RIE Occupational Therapy Site Lead, mob 07872417550 or email: jill.beswick@nhs.scot
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.
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.
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