NR218924 - Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Grays; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist for a full-time role in Grays. The position involves assessing patients in both acute and community settings, with a focus on delivering evidence-based care and optimal patient discharge. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and background in Occupational Therapy.

Benefits

Key Worker Housing Support

Flexible Work Life Balance

Qualifications

• Proven occupational therapy experience in an acute setting.
• Effective communication and clinical reasoning skills.
• Understanding of service development.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients in wards and follow them home for initial assessment.
• Identify rehabilitation goals and optimise patient performance.
• Work across multiple specialities including surgical and medical.

Skills

Communication

Assessment Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

NR218924 - Specialist Occupational Therapist

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Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6)

Moray H&SCP - Dr Gray's Hospital, Elgin

37 hours per week (Full-time) - Permanent

Have you ever wanted to work as an Occupational Therapist assessing people in an acute setting and then having the opportunity to complete their initial assessment at home, having the best of both worlds of inpatient and community working? If so, this may be the post for you!

As a result of service redesign and the success of our Moray Discharge to Assess team (D2A) working alongside our inpatient team we are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to work across our acute hospital and community pathways. Dr Gray’s Hospital is a busy district general hospital where you will be assessing patients across multiple specialities including, surgical, medical, care of the elderly and Stroke. The post holder will assess patients on the wards, follow them home for their initial assessment, and identify rehabilitation goals. This is a unique position and the first of its kind in Grampian and as such, you will be integral to its evaluation and further development. You will be joining two well-established and supportive teams who all share the same ethos of assessing patients at the right time in the right place.

You will be able to demonstrate effective evidenced based care to optimise patient occupational performance and to promote safe and timely discharge from hospital. You will have excellent communication skills as well as strong assessment and clinical reasoning skills and an understanding of service development.

The Moray Occupational Therapy Team is a well-established team with robust supervision, mentoring, quality review and audit frameworks and we strive to provide an excellent service to our patients. We also have close working relationships with our AHP and multidisciplinary colleagues in Moray and across NHS Grampian as well as national links.

We are supportive of a good work/life balance. NHS Scotland has reduced their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 and from 1 April 2026 this will reduce again to a 36 hours but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.

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If you would like to find out more about this exciting opportunity, please contact:

Katie Parry, Deputy Lead Occupational Therapist at [e-mail] Or Zoey Simpson, Team Lead OT at Dr Grays Hospital on 01343 567338 and Karen Erskine/Claire McCallum Team leads for D2A on 01343 567961.

Key Worker Housing Support

Moray Council are offering temporary accommodation for key workers moving to Moray to support recruitment in the public sector, including NHS roles. This opportunity is designed to help individuals who are unable to secure housing locally while starting their new job.

Applicants must be filling a public sector role such as NHS healthcare professionals eg Consultants, Nurses, Physiotherapists where local skills shortages exist.

You must be moving to Moray from outside the area and must be willing to accept a Short Scottish Secure Tenancy (SSST), which is a temporary housing arrangement.

Key worker points will be awarded based on employer confirmation of recruitment need, and housing will be provided for a minimum of six months, with the possibility of extension up to 12 months. This accommodation option allows applicants time to secure permanent housing while addressing local recruitment challenges.

Successful applicants, if interested, are required to submit an application for housing using Moray Council’s online portal:https://online.moray.gov.uk/ords/houlive_selfserv/f?p=13000:101.

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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