Job Advert
Location – Highland Wide
Highland Health & Social Care
Post Title – Children's Occupational Therapist Band 6
Full time – 37.5 hours per week, Permanent
Salary Scale: £33,072 - £40,736 p.a.
(Please Note NHS application forms will not be accepted, see below to apply)
Salary placing will normally be at first point of scale
The post holder will:
· Provide an efficient and effective Occupational Therapy (OT) service to children and young people on their personal caseload. We work with children with Physical, Developmental and Neuro-developmental challenges in a variety of settings through telehealth and in the community.
· The role will include some focus on Neurodevelopmental conditions, with the remit of informing and supporting the other members of the Children’s Occupational Therapy Team and in the provision and ongoing development of this element of the service.
· Take an active part in quality improvement within the Occupational Therapy and wider AHP service to improve service delivery.
· Critical appraisal, audit and research techniques should be used to ensure the service is underpinned by the principles of clinical effectiveness.
· Actively participate in supervision and support, where appropriate providing supervision and support to other staff and Occupational Therapy students.
The OT Service for children and young people in Highland is provided by a team of 14, with a variety of grades. The team are based across the North Highland Region and we work in a cohesive and supportive team, sharing a wide range of skills within our working practice.
We are seeking an experienced Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join our team.
If you want to further develop your skills working with children and young people, enjoy the rural area of the Highlands and the lifestyle this has to offer, enjoy a challenge where everyday can bring new opportunities and are interested in this post please contact me.
Informal enquiries regarding the post to Dawn Allmond, Occupational Therapy Team Leader Tel 07818 520161, email dawn.allmond@highland.gov.uk
Application Forms and Job Descriptions are available online www.myjobscotland.gov.uk reference number – HGH11365. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application please contact Business Support 01955 608279 (24 hour Voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.
Please quote reference in the subject line of your email – HGH11365
Closing date for completed applications: Monday 25th October 2021