Occupational Therapist Advanced Frailty Practitioner

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a dynamic and rewarding role within Acute and Frailty services? Join our dedicated team at Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, where you’ll make a real difference to patients across Front door services, Frailty Unit and downstream wards. This is a new role and will include scoping out AHPs in Hospital at Home and play a pivotal role in Frailty service development as it evolves across the whole system.

• Work as an advanced practitioner OT, undertaking assessments, managing a complex caseload: assessing, setting goals, delivering treatment, progressing care plans and safe discharge planning whilst applying home first principles. This is within Acute and Frailty settings.
• Use advanced clinical reasoning to provide support, expert opinion and advice to the multidisciplinary team.
• Lead in your specialist area, contributing to service development, policy implementation, and monitoring clinical standards.
• Supervise, teach, and evaluate students and staff within your specialty.
• Participate in the weekend and Bank Holiday rota to ensure continuity of high‑quality care.

• A dynamic, adaptable OT capable of managing the daily running of the Frailty unit as required and driving change.
• Strong clinical expertise with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively.
• Commitment to delivering patient‑centred care and improving outcomes for individuals with complex needs.
• As an advanced practitioner, demonstrate competence within all four pillars of advanced practice and make professional, autonomous decisions that you are accountable for.

At Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, you’ll be part of a supportive, forward‑thinking AHP team that values innovation and excellence in patient care. We offer opportunities for professional development and the chance to shape specialist services in a modern healthcare environment.

Interested? Apply now and help us deliver outstanding care to the patients in NHS Dumfries & Galloway.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway 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. NHS Dumfries & Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.

Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHS DG core business.