Therapist Advanced (Therapist Team Lead), Band 7, Tayside Assistive Technology Service, TORT Ce[...]

NHS Tayside; Dundee; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Dundee is seeking a highly experienced Occupational/Physio Therapist to lead the Assistive Technology wheelchair and seating therapy team. Responsibilities include managing the therapist team, overseeing service delivery, and ensuring patient care. Applicants should have a degree in Occupational Therapy, extensive experience, and current HCPC registration. This full-time position is based primarily at Ninewells Hospital with community work involved.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge and expertise in wheelchair and seating systems.
• Extensive post-graduate experience in the field.
• Current HCPC registration in specialization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Assistive Technology therapist team.
• Oversee clinical and professional service delivery.
• Assess, prescribe, and fit specialist medical devices.

Skills

Leadership

Therapeutic assessment

Patient care management

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Relevant therapy specialization

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.

An opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Occupational/Physio Therapist to lead the Tayside Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Technology (TORT) Services Assistive Technology wheelchair and seating therapy team based within Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

The Therapist Team Lead is responsible for the day-to-day clinical and professional leadership of the Assistive Technology therapist team. They support the Head of Service in governance, strategic development, and quality improvement activities of the NHS Tayside Assistive Technology Service. They are directly accountable for ensuring that the team has the clinical and technical capacity, including staff and material resources, to meet patient demand.

The post holder holds a clinical caseload and, in a multidisciplinary environment, will assess, prescribe, oversee fabrication, and fit specialist medical devices according to professional, regulatory, and government guidelines. They will continue to provide and review care for the lifetime of the patient.

The position is based at the TORT Centre, Ninewells Hospital, with work also carried out in community settings such as patients' homes, nursing homes, and schools.

The successful candidate will have a degree in occupational therapy or a relevant therapy specialization, with an advanced level of knowledge and expertise acquired through extensive post-graduate experience, theoretical study, and specialist courses related to contemporary wheelchair and seating systems. Experience leading and managing therapy teams delivering wheelchair, seating, and postural mobility solutions is essential. Competency can be demonstrated through training, practical experience, or relevant qualifications in a technical subject. Applicants must have current HCPC registration in their specialization.

For informal enquiries, contact Mandy Palmer-Norrie, Head of Assistive Technology Service, at 01382 496283.

Hours of work are 37 hours per week.

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your email regularly, including junk/spam folders.

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