Job Advert
Occupational Therapist
Community Hospital, Priority Response and Community Rehabilitation
Band 6 £33,072 - £40,736 (pro rata, per annum)
Part time 30hours per week. (Permanent)
Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership
An interesting and challenging opportunity has arisen based at Inverurie/Insch Community Hospital.
We are looking for an experienced, motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to be based in the Community at Inverurie and Insch. This post is within a well established Multi Disciplinary Team. The post holder will provide full assessment and treatment programmes for community rehabilitation patients and provide a Priority Response to prevent hospital admission where possible or to support a discharge. There are a wide variety of conditions and complex needs in the patient population. Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working is essential for seamless community care and the occupational therapist is a vital part of this.
The post holder will require excellent communication and organisational skills.
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.
Experience in caseload management and physical rehabilitation in the community is desirable, along with a valid UK driving licence and a car available for business use.
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'
This post may be rotational.
Informal enquiries to Suzannah Elrick, Garioch Team Leader on Tel 01467 672718
Time is extremely precious at the moment within the NHS, please allow us to use our time as best as we can by only applying if you meet as a minimum all of the essential elements of the person specification. You must evidence your skillset within your application.
The advert will close at midnight on Wednesday 3rd November and interviews are due to take place on the 25th November. Please note that in the event that sufficient applications are received before the closing date, this post may close early.
For those applicants who are interested in the position, please apply online prior to the advertising closing date stated above.