262530 (KMc) Community Occupational Therapist

NHS National Services Scotland; Haddington; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking an occupational therapist to provide a full comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, and management for a complex range of patients referred to the service. The post involves independent practice within a multidisciplinary team.

You will supervise occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and OT students, and you will develop and deliver training programmes for carers and other professionals to educate carers and

Responsibilities

• To act independently to provide a full comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service.
• To supervise occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and occupational therapy students.
• To develop and deliver training programmes for a wide range of professionals and carers to educate carers and significant others in the understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients medical and social needs.

Job description

NHS Scotland 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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

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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.

To act independently to provide a full comprehensive specialist service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a complex range of patients referred to the service.

To supervise occupational therapists, assistant practitioners, clinical support workers and occupational therapy students.

To develop and deliver training programmes for a wide range of professionals and carers to educate carers and significant others in the understanding of both the therapy process and any intervention relating to the management of patients medical and social needs.

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.

If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Kim McLaughlin at [e-mail]