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Band 5 Occupational Therapist
Permanent Position, 36hrs – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh & Western General Hospital
We are now recruiting for Band 5 Occupational Therapists (OT’s) to join our team working across the acute sites of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Western General Hospital.
All positions are permanent. This is an exciting opportunity for new graduates who would be available to work from July and looking to enhance their skills and experience in the acute setting. Please note this post is within the acute in-patient service and will be working with adults over the age of 16 within the hospital setting.
We are looking for dynamic, forward thinking, enthusiastic, motivated and flexible OT’s to join our team and the successful candidates will be supported by a highly skilled team of Occupational Therapists. Therapy services support staff development through appraisal process, supervision and CPD opportunities.There will be a commitment to weekend working in the occupational therapy team at both RIE and WGH as part of the 5 over 7 day working pattern.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.
We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
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.
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