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Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Substance Misuse Service
South East Edinburgh Locality
Band 6 Occupational Therapist (15hrs per week) Permanent
Salary Scale: £30,401 - £38,046 Per Annum Pro Rata
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an occupational therapist with experience of working in mental health and/or physical health to work in our South East Edinburgh Substance Misuse Team, NHS Lothian. The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team, providing a service to individuals with a primary diagnosis of Addiction and who are likely to suffer from additional complex health conditions. You will contribute to the assessment and treatment of individuals referred to the team, focussing on the occupational, functional and cognitive needs of this specific client group.
The post holder must have a keen interest in addiction and evidence based practice. The service is committed to supervision, staff development and student education.
Informal enquiries to:
Elizabeth Watson
Lead Occupational Therapist
Substance Misuse Service
Tel: 0131 516 2121
Or
Lynn Ritchie
Lead Occupational Therapist,
Mental Health and Substance Misuse (SE Edin)
Tel: 0131 536 9469
Closing date – 02/09/2019
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.