Occupational Therapist

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. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient team in the Psychiatry of Old Age service, based in Kingsway Care Centre. This is an acute admission psychiatric unit for over 65 years which provides specialist assessment and treatment for older adults with mental illness including dementia. With support from Band 7 OT, you will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients experiencing these mental health issues, co-morbidities, and cognitive and/or physical health needs. We work across both inpatient and community settings to deliver a person-centred occupational therapy programme to effect discharge planning and address mental health recovery and quality of life issues. The main responsibility for the successful applicant(s) will be to continue to develop an occupation-centred service addressing our role in assessment and management of stress and distress, memory strategies, and sensory approaches using specialist old age psychiatry assessments as well as other evidence-based interventions. The main emphasis of this post will be to provide a service in the organic wards, working with the Band 7 inpatient clinician, to develop the service in line with recommendations from Local and National strategies. You will be asked to take on work in the functional ward as appropriate. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team working predominantly without direct supervision within various settings which could include the patient’s home, hospital, and community-based facilities. There will be opportunity to develop your role as a practice placement educator for Occupational Therapy students and provide support and supervision to Activity Workers. Previous experience of working with older people and the ability to relate purposefully and communicate effectively with the person with dementia and mental health diagnoses is essential. Informal enquiries to: Donna Mackintosh Lead Occupational Therapist, Telephone number 01382 647242 or Lawrie Henderson, Clinical Nurse Manager Telephone number 01382 649007. Hours: 37 per week. Part-Time hours would be considered. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES You should apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain. DO NOT upload a CV as this will not be used for shortlisting purposes. Posts close at midnight on the indicated date. For help to complete an application on Job Train please follow this link:

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