Occupational Therapy Healthcare Support Worker

NHS National Services Scotland; ST Andrews; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) to join the Intermediate Care Team in St Andrews. You will be responsible for delivering therapeutic treatment programmes, primarily to older adults, in both ward settings and at home. This role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently, and a supportive team approach, with flexibility to travel within the community.

Benefits

Regular supervision

Professional development plans

Support for training opportunities

Family-friendly policies

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience as a Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy Support Worker desirable.
• Experience working with older people preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users.
• Work with Occupational Therapists for patient assessments.
• Carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Independent working

Education

SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HCSW to join our Intermediate Care Team as part of the Integrated Community & Support Services (ICASS) in the St Andrews Locality.

The Intermediate Care Service provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users as in-patients, out-patients or within their own home. The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy Service within Intermediate Care to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in the ward setting or their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Occupational Therapists will provide specialist assessments to this patient group and allocate work to you.

You will have an SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Experience working as a Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy Support Worker would be desirable. It would be desirable to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people. You will have good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team.

There may be occasions where you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites. The ability to travel throughout the area is essential as this involves community working.

Public Holiday working is in operation.

Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities.

For informal enquiries, please contact Elizabeth Wright, Occupational Therapy Team Lead on 01334 465756 / [e-mail].

NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.