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128973 - Advanced Occupational Therapists - Primary Care - Band 7
2 Posts available - full-time across Lanarkshire
Building on the success of the Primary Care Occupational Therapy service we are now expanding throughout Lanarkshire.
Therefore, there is an exciting opportunity for 2 Band 7 Advanced Practice Occupational Therapists to join the existing Lanarkshire Primary Care Occupational Therapy team, as the service extends across all 10 localities in Lanarkshire.
The Primary Care Occupational Therapy service works to improve the health and well-being of patients, age 16 and over, with physical and mental health conditions that impact on their functioning. This may include people coping with the impact of long-term conditions, people experiencing difficulties at work/college or falls or frailty or those who may be socially isolated due to poor health and/or caring roles.
This Specialist Generalist role is an exciting and evolving area of practice of occupational therapy, offering assessment and intervention to a diverse range of patients. As such applications from candidates with an interest in developing their advance practice clinical skills in this area are welcomed.
Person-centred assessment, proactive clinical interventions, self-management strategies and supports are utilised to enable patients to manage their health and well-being and continue with their daily lives.
Robust supervision procedures, staff supports, service wide training plans and tailored individual development opportunities are established within the current service. Maintaining and further developing these supports will be a key objective of these Advanced Practitioner posts.
The post holder will be also involved in promoting awareness and increasing understanding of Occupational Therapy with GPs, the wider multidisciplinary team and the public.
Ongoing service development and evaluation with quality improvement support will be an integral part of this role, building on existing evidence, to continually improve and develop Occupational Therapy service provision across primary care multidisciplinary teams in Lanarkshire.
In the Primary Care Occupational Therapy service, shared team values, staff well-being and development are integral in delivering our effective and quality service.
We welcome applications from enthusiastic, motivated candidates with leadership experience commensurate with the role who are committed to developing themselves, other staff and the Primary Care Occupational Therapy service.
You will be a Registered Occupational Therapist with valid HCPC Registration and be educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level with Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
You must have comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality. along with Advanced Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality and evidence of application of advanced practice skills in speciality and applying clinical judgement.
Evidence of further developed knowledge and experience in management and/or leadership with Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification is expected of applicants.
The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate and influence others and work using own initiative coupled with excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills and effective time management skills and a working knowledge of basic information technology.
To learn more about the service and opportunities within the team we are hosting
online information sessions – please email LanGMS2018@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
to register your interest and book a place.
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’