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Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership
Specialist Occupational Therapist Band 6, Acute Medical Team - Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
There is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of patients admitted to the medical wards at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. This is an exciting time for a HCPC registered Occupational Therapist who has excellent communication skills to join us as we continue to expand and develop our service provision to this patient group. Based mainly within Ninewells Hospital, this post provides the potential to enhance your knowledge and skills working with a varied patient group to provide a comprehensive specialist assessment and rehabilitation services. There may also be opportunities to follow patient care through to the rehabilitation and community setting to ensure high quality seamless care.
We are looking for an individual who will provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, diagnosis, treatment discharge planning and onward referral of own patient caseload, facilitating high quality treatment with the interdisciplinary team working in partnership with all agencies providing care and support for this elderly patient group. You will be expected to work as part of the multidisciplinary team in ensuring effective delivery of patient care and be able to successfully work together with colleagues in the hospital setting and beyond with onward referral and discharge to our inpatient rehabilitation and community colleagues. This is an ideal position for a Band 5 with relevant clinical experience or a Band 6 wishing to continue their clinical development. Leadership and mentoring skills will be developed as this post provides supervision and support for junior staff. As a band 6 OT, you will assist in the development of the service within your team as well as supporting change and development within the wider OT department.
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. All new contracts for AHP staff will be for a 7 days service/rota to enable the service to move to a safe and effective 7 day service.
The post holder will be a qualified occupational therapist, holding a current HCPC registration. The OT service provides excellent formal and informal supervision, actively supports individual development through performance development review and learning plans, provides a framework for encouraging CPD and promotes innovative practice.
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 OT training programmes and regularly accept students on practice placements from Scottish and International Universities.
Informal enquiries to Kelly Ross, kelly.ross2@nhs.scot
Hours of work are: 37 per week
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.
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