Adult Health Practitioner

5 months ago

Dundee, United Kingdom Social Security Scotland Full time

Overview:
**Adult Health Practitioner | £35,196 - £40246 + Pay Supplement* (additional £1,500- £4,500 per annum) | Monday - Friday | Flexi
- time | Hybrid Working | No weekends, nights or shift work| 25 Days Holiday (increasing to 30 after 4 years’ service) plus 11.5 Public and Privilege.**

Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government set up to deliver devolved and new benefits. We deliver Social Security with dignity, fairness and respect to people from all walks of life including carers, young people and people on low incomes.

When people are invited to a consultation, they will experience a compassionate conversation with an Adult Health Practitioner, who will start from a position of trust. We are committed to doing things differently, and we believe this change will make a real difference to our clients’ experience, whilst ensuring quality decision making that is both consistent and centred on the needs of the individual.

**Who we are looking for**

This role is an excellent opportunity for those wishing to develop their skills and would suit professionals from a clinical background with knowledge and expertise of working with clients or patients with general and mental health conditions.

This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with a clinical, social work or social care background to join us as an Adult Health Practitioner where you will utilise your professional knowledge and expertise to help shape our service and contribute to our continuous improvement.

Working collaboratively with our Case Managers you will be providing advice and guidance, ensuring we provide an excellent service to our clients.

**What do we offer you?**
- Flexi working which also provides the potential to accrue up to four additional days’ leave in a four-week period.
- Minimum five weeks’ annual leave (pro rata) in addition to 11.5 public and privilege holidays.
- This is a permanent and pensionable appointment with an attractive Civil Service pension, employer contributions between 27.1% - 27.9
- Health professional staff providing health-assessments and medical opinion in relation to the administration of disability benefits, and who are existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme, will be permitted continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme.
- Professional membership costs paid by Social Security Scotland.
- Full and comprehensive training, and access to learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth.
- Career progression - join a developing organisation with excellent opportunities for career advancement.
- Health and wellbeing support including 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme, plus counselling support available for all.

**Hybrid Working**

**About Us**

Social Security Scotland is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government.

Our benefits help people from all walks of life in Scotland. We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that is representative of the clients we serve.

Find out more about us here

**Responsibilities**:

- Providing expertise and advice on adult physical health and/or adult mental health to Case Managers, ensuring they are able to make robust and fair decisions and understand how a person’s condition may impact their day-to-day life and that of their family.
- Providing advice on a broad range of matters, for example, suggesting what further supporting information about a person’s condition should be obtained to support decision making.
- Assisting Case Managers to understand how a person’s condition may impact their day life and that of their family.
- Contributing to and influence continuous improvement to help shape and develop this new service.
- Engaging with clients, medical and social care professionals to understand the impact of the client’s circumstances and condition and the support in place to help them.
- Collaborating with the Scottish Government’s Social Security, Health & Social Care Directorates to ensure that devolved disability benefits reflect Ministerial ambitions to provide a fair system of Social Security that prioritises the dignity, fairness and respect of clients.
- Participate in audit and peer review activities as required by Social Security Scotland and Scottish Ministers.

Qualifications:
**How to apply**

1. Relevant qualifications and registration (NMC/HCPC/SSSC)

2. Proven experience of working with adult general health conditions and/or adult mental health conditions

3. Ability to work collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams

4. Excellent communication skills, ability to influence and build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders

When considering how your experience relates to the role, please tailor your CV to reflect the role and the essential skills/criteria as described in the job description.

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