Occupational Therapy Support Worker

Job title:

Occupational Therapy Support Worker

Company

NHS Scotland

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.We are seeking an individual to join our Angus Occupational Therapy Team. The post holder will work alongside the Band 7 occupational therapist in a test of change delivering occupational therapy in a primary care setting. This post will involve Occupational Therapy in Academy Medical Centre, Forfar and within people’s own homes. You will work closely with the Occupational Therapy community rehabilitation teams and within the multi-disciplinary team. You will have the ability to liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team within the locality and will be able to work independently. It is essential that you have worked previously as an occupational therapy support worker at Band 3 level and experience working with adults and older people in a clinical or community setting would be advantageous.Informal enquiries to: Lynne Houston OT Lead ,Email: Lynne.houston@nhs.scot orYou will be required to comply with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland throughout your employment.Internal Applicants – Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.Hours of work are: 18.5 Fixed Term/Secondment until the end of March 2026.Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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Location

Forfar, Angus

Job date

Sat, 17 May 2025 05:13:47 GMT

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