178369 - Occupational Therapist - Primary Care - ML - South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

Description

The Role

As the Primary Care Occupational Therapy Service continues its expansion across all 10 localities there are further exciting opportunities for Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join the existing Lanarkshire Primary Care Occupational Therapy team.

The Primary Care Occupational Therapy service works to improve the health and well-being of patients, age 16 and over, with physical and mental health conditions that impact on their functioning. This may include people coping with the impact of long-term conditions, people experiencing difficulties at work/college or falls or frailty or those who may be socially isolated due to poor health and/or caring roles.

This Generalist Occupational Therapy role is an exciting and evolving area of practice of occupational therapy, offering assessment and intervention to a diverse range of patients.

Person-centred assessment, proactive clinical interventions, self-management strategies and supports are utilised to enable patients to manage their health and well-being and continue with their daily lives.

Providing our team with robust supervision procedures, staff supports, service wide training plans and tailored individual development opportunities are key to this.

In the Primary Care Occupational Therapy service, shared team values, staff well-being and development are integral in delivering our effective and quality service.

We welcome applications from enthusiastic, motivated candidates who are committed to their own professional development and in providing high quality effective care.

Please note that in line with the Flexible Work Location Policy this position is classed as a fixed position, with staff based within GP surgeries/ PCOT hubs.

To learn more about the service and positions available within the team please contact.

Sam Corrie, North Team Lead, Primary Care Occupational Therapy

Mob: Email:

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Occupational Therapist with valid HCPC Registration
• Knowledge of application of the theory underpinning OT practice
• The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
• Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent time management skills
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

It would be great if you also have

• OT Practice Education Course and experience as a student practice educator
• Previous voluntary or employment experience or research proposal/project relevant to the post
• Further education and CPD in relation to the post including relevant projects/research studies
• Basic knowledge of legislation, policy and procedures which impact on practice
• Supervision and appraisal skills
• Positive role modelling and leadership skills
• Flexible working patterns to meet the requirements of the post.
• Car driver with a full, valid UK/EU/EEA licence.

Contract type

Permanent

Full time

37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in Primary Care Occupational Therapy, within NHS Lanarkshire Wide. .

The working pattern for this role will be discussed at Interview, depending on Part-time/Full-time position.

Looking to find out more?

If you're looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Sam Corrie, Occupational Therapy Team Lead, on , or Tel:

For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Mackenzie Logan, Recruitment Administrator on . (Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)

Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire's benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee Counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you're looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants

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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.

*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children's setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.

We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. UK Visas & Immigration rules are available at

Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.

From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.

NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.

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