Occupational Theramp Support Worker

NHS Scotland; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is seeking a motivated Occupational Therapy Support Worker for the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. This part-time role (4 days/week) involves supporting OT treatment across multiple clinical areas and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

The post requires experience in acute wards, functional rehab, and administrative tasks, with PVG clearance and flexible working arrangements. Candidates should have prior OT assistant experience or within OT/Physiotherapy and strong

Qualifications

• Experience implementing functional rehab programmes.
• General rehabilitation skills.
• Administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work with Occupational Therapists across surgical, cardiorespiratory, critical care and infectious diseases units.
• Provide ward-based OT support and carry out administrative duties.
• Contribute to planning and delivering functional rehabilitation programmes.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Computer literacy

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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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.

Please note: As this post is part-time, the salary will be pro-rata.

Therapy Services

Occupational Therapy Support Worker in the Western General Hospital

Part Time 24.66 hours

Permanent Post

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our Occupational Therapy team in the Western General Hospital.

The post will work alongside Occupational Therapists covering a variety of clinical areas including but not limited to, surgical, cardiorespiratory, critical care, and the infectious diseases unit.

Candidates should display evidence of experience of implementing functional rehab programmes, general rehabilitation skills and administrative tasks.

The individual must display excellent communication and organisational skills, competency with computer based tasks with an ability to work alone or with others.

Experience of working on wards in an acute hospital setting is essential and so is previous experience as an Occupational Therapy assistant or within the Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy profession.

The post will be working 4 days per week (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri and start/finish time to be confirmed) with weekend working and bank holiday cover. Occupational Therapy support staff development through appraisal processes, supervision and CPD opportunities.

Should you have any questions or want more information regarding this post, please contact Asha Wilkinson on 0131-537-1291. Face to face enquiries can be arranged.

Reference: 261213

Contract Type: Permanent

Posted On: 02 Oct 2026

Closing Date: 16/10/2026