Occupational Therapist

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT) on a temporary basis for one year.

• Provide rehabilitation to adults within the locality as in-patients, out-patients or in their own home.
• Assess and treat a mixed caseload mainly older people with complex needs.
• Work with a supportive multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in quality improvement work and service development.
• Provide supervisory skills and student mentoring.
• Occasionally work in other community hospital sites.
• Provide regular supervision, support training opportunities, and PDP.

• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Registered with the HCPC.
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• Ability to travel throughout the area.

Flexibly over 7 days with current Public Holiday working in operation.

Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and training opportunities. We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neuro‑divergent.

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.