Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS Scotland; Hamilton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 35 days

NHS Pension

Incremental pay progression

Sick pay increases with service length

NHS discounts

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking an autonomous specialist Occupational Therapist to manage a complex caseload across hospital and community settings. You will provide supervision to OT staff and students and offer specialist clinical intervention and consultation.

The role requires HCPC registration, degree level, and driving licence, with a strong emphasis on clinical governance and patient-centered care across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered occupational therapist.
• Educated to degree level.
• Postgraduate expertise within speciality.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines in the speciality.
• Full UK/EU/EEA driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage own specialist caseload using evidence-based practice.
• Provide day to day supervision for OT staff and students.
• Provide specialist clinical intervention and consultation to OT staff and other disciplines.
• Work as autonomous specialist practitioner with a complex caseload.
• Be specialist in defined clinical area.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency framework.

Skills

HCPC Registration

Degree level

Postgraduate expertise

Clinical guidelines knowledge

Driving licence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

• Manage own specialist caseload, using evidence-based practice and person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in both hospital and community settings.
• Provide day to day supervision for occupational therapy staff, support staff and students
• Provide specialist clinical intervention and consultation to occupational therapy staff and other disciplines

Duties may vary depending on the care group / clinical specialty / assigned area of work

In This Key Role, You Will

• To work as an autonomous specialist practitioner taking full responsibility for a complex caseload.
• To be specialist in defined clinical area
• To work within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency framework
• To be accountable for standards of care and deliver these within the context of clinical governance to ensure the highest standards of clinical intervention.

What You'll Bring

• Registered Occupational Therapist with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to and operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What We Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children's settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Jane-Marie Stobie, AHP Consultant on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]