263391 (SNIS) - Occupational Therapist

NHS Scotland; Livingston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is recruiting for an Allied Health professional to provide a full service of assessment, diagnosis and treatment for patients referred to the service. The post involves supervising AHP assistant practitioners, clinical support workers, and students, and contributing to training for professionals and carers.

It also includes educating carers on therapy processes and interventions. The role requires independent work across a range of patients, with responsibilities for onward referral

Qualifications

• Provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment/appropriate management to patients referred to the service.
• Supervise AHP assistant practitioners, clinical support workers, and students.
• Educate carers and significant others in understanding the therapy process and interventions.

Responsibilities

• To act independently to provide a full comprehensive service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a range of patients referred to the service.
• To supervise AHP assistant practitioners, clinical support workers, and students. To contribute in the development and delivery of 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.

Skills

Independent practice

Staff supervision

Education & training

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.

The Job Purpose is to:

• To act independently to provide a full comprehensive service of assessment, diagnosis, treatment/appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a range of patients referred to the service.
• To supervise AHP assistant practitioners, clinical support workers, and students. To contribute in the development and delivery of 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.

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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.

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.

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.

For further information on what is included in the role 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. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Heather Robertson at 01506 524131.