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Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership
Ninewells Hospital / Royal Victoria Hospital Dundee
Band 6 Occupational Therapist – 37 hours per week
Stroke / Neurosciences Teams
There is an opportunity within Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership for a Band 6 Occupational Therapists to work within the Stroke and Neurosciences pathway working across acute and rehabilitation teams within Ninewells hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital in Dundee. This post provides the potential to enhance your knowledge and skills delivering specialist stroke and neurological assessment and treatment interventions to patients and carers mainly in an inpatient setting but will also occasionally provide outreach follow up across the community pathway and be responsible for maximising patients functional potential and quality of life. You will also work with patients on our major trauma rehabilitation pathway and have access to the training and education resources in this clinical area.
We are looking for an individual who will provide specialised assessment, treatment discharge planning, early supported discharge follow up and onward referral, facilitating high quality treatment with the interdisciplinary team, working in partnership with all agencies providing care and support for this patient group. This is an ideal position for a Band 5 with relevant clinical experience or a Band 6 wishing to continue their specialist clinical development. Leadership and mentoring skills will be developed as this post provides supervision and support for junior staff. As a band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will assist in the development of the service within your team as well as supporting change and development within the wider service.
This post will require some weekend working in line with the evidence base and the strategic direction of NHS Tayside. This is for improved patient outcomes and to maximise a person-centred equitable approach to care.
For this post, you can expect to be fully supported through our established system of personal development planning and training programmes. We have a strong commitment to MDT working, clinical governance, CPD and evidence based practice. We fully support undergraduate training programmes and regularly accept students on practice placements from Scottish and International Universities. The post holder will be educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy as well as holding a current HCPC registration.
Informal enquiries to: Jennifer Massie (Team Lead OT) jennifer.massie@nhs.scot Tel 01382 632319
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