Occupational Therapy Support Worker - Level; AP

Overview

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.

Permanent

2 positions, Full Time

We have an exciting opportunity for x2 Occupational Therapy Assistants to join our friendly Occupational Therapy team at the Western General Hospital. The positions are permanent and the hours of each position will be full time.

You will support the Occupational Therapists (OT's) working across a variety of in-patient hospital wards. You will work with minimal supervision to implement agreed OT plans as prescribed by the qualified OT. This will include gathering background information, carrying out a variety of practice sessions and rehabilitation tasks with patients and also making onward referrals including adaptive equipment and technology.

Having an awareness of the role of Occupational Therapy in the acute hospital setting and clearly demonstrating this in your application is essential.

You will be compassionate, have good communication and time management skills and work well within a team.

There will be a commitment to weekend working in the Occupational Therapy team at WGH as part of the 5 over 7 day working pattern.

Visa Sponsorship for this role would currently be under SOC Occupational Therapy Assistants 6131/04. Please consider your eligibility under the criteria, including minimum salary thresholds found here: prior to completing your application.

If you would like to enquire or discuss the post in more detail - please contact:

Lynsey Alexander, Occupational Therapy Team Lead

Tel:

OR

Asha Wilkinson, Occupational Therapy Team Lead

Tel:

Please note:

we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part time hours will be reduced pro‑rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. Further information on what NHS Scotland Boards are required to do to check this as well as what your responsibilities include can be found in the further information for this vacancy.

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This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.