NHS Scotland
Band 5 Occupational Therapist
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Join Our Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service in Fife
We would like to invite you to come and join our Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service in Fife. Our dedicated team of Occupational Therapists and healthcare support workers work with the people of Fife aged 18 years and over who are experiencing mental health problems.
The post is based within a Mental Health Occupational Therapy base in order to contribute to and oversee delivery of Occupational Therapy across Fife within both acute and rehabilitation in-patient settings, as well as in the community, to ensure agility to prioritise clinical risk and demand across the Mental Health Occupational Therapy Service.
About You
We are keen to hear from both existing Band 5 Occupational Therapists, and Occupational Therapists looking to make the first step in their career, who possess the skills, knowledge, and interest to develop professionally and make a positive impact within the field of mental health.
What You'll Be Doing
This post will offer you the opportunity to work with a range of patients using effective clinical decision making and evidence based practices to enable patients to achieve their personal outcomes.
Our Service
We are a service that is forward thinking and dynamic and are always striving to improve our services for our patients and staff. We are currently engaging in a programme of transformational change and development in line with national and local strategy, standards and priorities for Mental Health and Occupational Therapy services. You would be actively involved in this service redesign work and would be able to be part of re-shaping the way Occupational Therapy services are delivered in Fife.
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Our Commitment to You
We aim to create a supportive work and innovative environment that enables professional and personal development. As well as providing a comprehensive induction programme, we are committed to the provision of protected CPD time, In-service Training, provision of clinical and service development forums, and Fife’s established clinical supervision framework to support you to carry out and develop within your role.
As a service, we recognize that staff are our biggest assets and we value staff, their wellbeing, safety, creativity and innovation. We promote a culture of openness, honesty, transparency and teamworking where everyone is treated with dignity, respect, care and compassion.
How to Apply
Interviews for these posts will be face to face in-person. Posts may close prior to date indicated once a sufficient number of valid applications are received.
If you would like to find out more about the posts and opportunities within the service, please contact David Sanders- Team Lead Occupational Therapist on 01383-623623 ext 22148/56232 or david.sanders@nhs.scot
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Right to Work in the UK
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. All applicants are required to confirm their right to work in the UK in their application. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK), European Community (EC) or European Economic Area National please state the visa category under which you are legally entitled to work in the UK on your application form and the expiry date of your leave to remain in the UK
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Our Commitment to Equality and Diversity
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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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