Mountainhall Treatment Centre
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has an opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our small, enthusiastic, and motivated hand team. The service is dedicated to delivering a high-quality innovative service for people with hand conditions and rheumatology.
The post will be working with an outpatient caseload of general MSK, rheumatologic conditions, and orthopaedic referrals including hand conditions of both trauma and elective surgery. We work closely with our colleagues from Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and primary care and pride ourselves on excellent working relationships.
The post includes:
Functional re-training
Orthotics, in particular the fabrication of specific thermoplastic splints
Long term condition management including joint protection, adaptation
Specific hand therapy programmes
Health behaviour change
Vocational rehabilitation
We welcome applications from existing band 6 Occupational Therapists with relevant skills and experience. If you are looking for a career development opportunity we can consider an enthusiastic band 5 Occupational Therapist interested in learning and a competency based framework will be used to guide development to band 6.
You will have an established commitment to learning and development, which we will foster and support.
We can offer:
Opportunities for career and learning development
Supportive comprehensive induction and ongoing active team collaboration
Flexible and digital working options available
Local supervision, support and mentorship
You will have the opportunity to work in both community and acute settings, the post will be based at Mountainhall Treatment Centre in Dumfries.
We would be delighted to hear from you and welcome informal enquiries to Jan at: t@
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NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.
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