NHS Lothian Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist
3 permanent posts
East Lothian Outpatient Team 0.6wte (22 hours)
West Lothian Outpatient Team 0.7wte (25.9 hours)
North Edinburgh Outpatient Team 0.8wte (29.6 hours)
Exciting opportunities have arisen to join the Occupational Therapy Service within Lothian’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
We welcome applications from enthusiastic, motivated and hard-working individuals to join our team who are committed to developing themselves, colleagues and the service within CAMHS.
This post will have a focus on providing individual interventions utilising Occupational Therapy and generic mental health assessment and treatment skills. We have five community Tier 3 multidisciplinary teams and we have posts available within our North Edinburgh, East Lothian and West Lothian Outpatient Teams.
Professional supervision, training and development are integral to the service. You must have a Degree in Occupational Therapy and be registered with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist.
For further information on what the role includes and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. We would be delighted to discuss the role/answer any questions and would strongly encourage interested applicants to get in touch by phone or email:
* North Team - Lisa McCaw, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, 0131 286 5059 lisa.mccaw@nhs.scot
* East Lothian – Claire Wakefield, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, 0131 446 4880, claire.wakefield@nhs.scot
* West Lothian – Charlene Paterson, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, 01506 523785, charlene.paterson2@nhs.scot
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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.
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.
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.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes .
Please note: As these posts are part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.