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Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Band 6 Peripatetic Occupational Therapist, Deeside team within Marr
Part- time 22.5 hours per week (Permanent)
£35,522 - £43,286 (per annum pro-rata)
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist
We are looking for an innovative and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our service providing urgent community based intervention supporting hospital discharges from acute services and enabling patients to remain at home and avoid hospital admission. The post holder will have close liaison with the Aberdeenshire discharge hub based in ARI and the OT in reach service aligned to this.
This peripatetic post will be based within a well-established Occupational Therapy team in Deeside, which covers the community hospitals in Banchory and Aboyne, as well as community rehab services. The post holder will be based at Torphins Health Centre, but will be expected to see patients throughout the teams’ catchment area in Deeside.
Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working is essential for seamless community care, thus the post holder will require excellent communication and organisational skills; an ability to work independently and autonomously; be comfortable with decision making, and all in a timely manner.
Supervision and allocation of work to an OT support worker and training of students are integral parts of the job, as is service development within the area and the Health and Social Care Partnership Teams.
A full clean UK driving licence/access to a car are essential for this post.
We offer regular support, supervision, CPD and development opportunities in line with KSF.
'There will be an expectation to provide services over 7 days, including weekends, public holidays and extended hours, where required, to meet the need of services'
Informal enquiries to Katie Davies, Occupational Team Lead (Marr) on 013398 89427, 07976 687337 or katie.davies@nhs.scot
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.