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Job reference: 006095
Salary: Band 6 (£30,401 - £38,046)
Job closing date: 29/10/2019
Job Type: Allied Health Professions
Location: Stobhill Hospital
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 37.50
Job posted date: 15/10/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: Mental Health

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To be an independent expert practitioner managing a variety of conditions which are often complex and challenging and provide a specialist occupational therapy clinical lead within a designated area. This will involve specialist assessment, treatment and evaluation on the efficacy of service user care, both individually and in groups. Standardised clinical tools will be utilised where the postholder has identified their appropriateness using specialist knowledge. The postholder will provide specialist professional advice to other disciplines, carers and agencies. The postholder will be required to engage with the wider multi-disciplinary team and to work across agencies to deliver packages of care in the role of occupational therapist and/or keyworker and/or care manager including mental health assessments. You will contribute to the evaluation and development of the occupational therapy service within their designated area with reference to clinical governance, clinical effectiveness and national policies and drivers and you will  lead on departmental and team projects. You will be responsible for the day to day management of junior staff as part of supervision systems, including clinical workload and supervision of under and post graduate pre registration students as required. You must  have a diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy and have current registration with HCPC, you should have previous experience in mental health, good communications skills, good leadership skllls and  and ability to establish effective working relationships and work as part of a team. The hours of this post will be  worked Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm.


Informal Contact Gillian Peters, Lead Occupational Therapist  0141 201 3918



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