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Hourly rate of pay: £34.83 - £39.21
Days and Hours of Work: Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00 Days of working are negotiable, starting and finishing times are flexible, and flexi time is applicable. To start asap.
The Community Occupational Therapy team forms part of East Lothian Rehabilitation Service (ELRS), an integrated service within East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership. The ELRS service comprises Phyisotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Community Care Workers and Assistant Practitioners across 3 cluster bases. The Community Occupational Therapy Service Manager post is a new role that will be part of the East Lothian Rehabilitation Service integrated managing team and is based in East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington.
As a member of the management team, you will have an opportunity to influence and lead on the future development of the Community Occupational Therapy Service within the East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership. You will manage senior staff and participate in the management team as part of ELRS. You will also be supported to develop your career and participate in training and development.
East Lothian Rehabilitation Service is a data driven service. We are committed to continuously developing our services. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute proactively to improving outcomes as part of East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, including data collection, meeting key performance indicators and quality assurance.
The Occupational Therapy Service Manager will be responsible for representing East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership in local and strategic meetings as required, and lead the monitoring of budget management and contracts.
Experience of Community Occupational Therapy, complex case work and risk assessment is essential. You should have sound knowledge in management and the delivery of statutory Occupational Therapy services including a knowledge of Social Care policy and legislation.
You will need to be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC and be able to demonstrate experience in staff supervision and management.
This Occupational Therapy Service Manager post is an exciting opportunity to be part of the management of the Occupational Therapy Service in East Lothian. The role will be part of the management of the Community Care Service providing a responsive and needs led Occupational Therapy service throughout East Lothian in accordance with relevant legislation, national standards, Council policies and plans with a commitment to achieve best value.
Home / Hybrid Working
Consideration Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found here . Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview.
Please Note: All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis.
Job Details
- To operationally manage the Community Occupational Therapy service, providing a responsive and needs led Occupational Therapy service throughout East Lothian.
- To ensure this is in accordance with relevant legislation, national and performance standards, Council policies and plans, including responsibility for the employees and budgets and for ensuring efficiency, productivity and performance targets are achieved.
Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You will need to refer to these in order to complete the application form.
You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview.
The ‘ East Lothian Way’ – values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.
Job Requirements
Relevant Qualifications
- Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
Leadership/managerial postgraduate qualification or equivalent managerial experience including:
- o Supervising multiple teams of staff.
- o Managing budgets at significant levels, e.g. £1m.
- o Leading change as opposed to contributing to a programme of change.
- o Performance management of staff e.g. management of grievances/disciplinary proceedings.
- o Delivery on KPIs of a service for which they have been responsible.
Evidence of a commitment to Continual Professional Development. Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration. Driving Licence As the duties of this role require you to effectively travel to successfully undertake the full remit of the role, you must hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle.* (*Where a disability precludes you from obtaining a driving licence, ELC will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability.)
PVG Membership This post is considered as a Regulated Role with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020. All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council.
Please note: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made.
Please note: If you have spent more than 3 months working or living out with the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website.
Additional Information
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