184183 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Dementia
NHS Scotland
- Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway
- Permanent
- Part-time
- You will have sufficient skills and knowledge to act as a specialist resource for practitioners across the spectrum of care
- Recent clinical experience of working to improve services for people living with dementia, would be an advantage but not essential.
- You will have excellent communication skills to lead, promote and develop best practice
- You will provide specialist Occupational therapy input into the established IDEAS(Interventions for Dementia, Education and Assessment and Support Team)
- Potential development opportunity for a Band 6 to a Band 7 Our team is friendly, welcoming, innovative, and enthusiastic and we can offer you:
- the opportunity for learning and development opportunities tailored to your individual needs • the opportunity to think creatively and support service development and re-design
- to lead on specific projects and gain experience of contributing to national working groups
- Regular supervision and support structures
- Team CPD
- Opportunity for Hybrid/Flexible working- to support work/life balance
- Consideration for part time hours if preferred.
- Potential secondment opportunity ( with appropriate approvals)
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NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.PUBLIC PROTECTION
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