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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.
Do you
- Put patients first
- Show compassion, caring and kindness
- Treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Take time to have good, open communications and be accountable for your actions and behaviours
- Do the best that you can by working as a team to provide excellent treatment and care
If so then we’d like to hear from you!
About us
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered, experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy Team within Prison Healthcare. We are a friendly and supportive team delivering an innovative, forward-looking and collaborative service providing person-centred, occupation-focussed rehabilitation for the prison populations within NHS Tayside - HMP Perth, HMP Castle Huntly and HMP YOI Bella Centre in Dundee. The Occupational Therapy service is fully integrated within Prison Healthcare working collaboratively with all health teams, the Scottish Prison Service and external agencies.
About the role
As an Occupational Therapist working within Prison Healthcare, you will have a unique opportunity to provide an occupational perspective on service provision and deliver rehabilitation outcomes within a complex multidisciplinary environment.
You will have the opportunity to develop your own clinical skills across multiple clinical specialisms due to the variety, complexity and co-morbidity that our patient group presents with.
This post’s clinical remit will be based within HMP Perth but with opportunities to support the service delivery across HMP Castle Huntly and HMP & YOI Bella Centre. The post holder will take a key role within the team, working in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service and other NHS and third sector agencies to promote recovery and rehabilitation of people in custody to improve participation and engagement and ultimately improve personal outcomes. Contributing to and supporting a successful return to community living following release from prison is a key service objective and outcome for our patient group.
Training opportunities are actively encouraged to support staff to meet their own development needs and those of our patient population. We embrace Quality Improvement methodology to support our service development and seek to provide CPD opportunities across all 4 pillars of professional practice.
About you
This role requires an individual who is passionate about the contribution of Occupational Therapy to individual outcomes and who practices and leads with compassion and integrity. The successful candidate will ideally have prior clinical experience of working with individuals with complex needs and co-morbidity of health problems including, but not limited to, some of the following: mental health, substance use, physical health needs associated with the older person, cognitive and learning needs.
Experience working with marginalised or socially excluded groups is also desirable. Skills in assessment and treatment enabling individuals to achieve their potential through occupation-focussed rehabilitation will be essential as is the ability to work collaboratively in a complex multidisciplinary setting. You must be able to work autonomously and as part of a team in a complex environment and must be committed to occupation centred, evidence-based practice.
There is a requirement to be physically fit and able to complete mandatory Personal Protection Training (required by the Scottish Prison Service) as part of working within Prison Healthcare. Please contact us to discuss if you wish further details.
The post may involve travel across three prison sites and the ability and willingness to travel throughout the area of service delivery to meet service need is essential for this post.
Informal enquiries to: Daniel Shanks, Occupational Therapy Team Lead or Pamela Duff, Highly Specialist OT – 01738 458124/458118
Shortlisted applicants are encouraged to take the opportunity of an informal visit to HMP Perth in order to familiarise themselves with what is a unique care environment.
Hours of work are: 30 Hours (Family friendly working hours are available and can be discussed at interview)
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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