Senior Occupational Therapist Practitioner - Bon Accord Care

Job Description

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Location:  Various within Aberdeen

Duration:  Permanent, Full Time

 

Aberdeen is Scotland’s third biggest city but even with our size and urban life, we’re surrounded by some of the most stunning scenery in the country.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Bon Accord Care for a Senior Occupational Therapist Practitioner . This is a recently revised role with the major focus on the post holder as a clinical specialist who will maintain their own complex caseload and provide day to day support and supervision to team members.  The post holder will work closely with the occupational therapy lead in the development and delivery of a quality occupational therapy service.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist Practitioner , you will undertake comprehensive, specialist OT assessment and interventions to arrange the provision of equipment, adaptations, and strategies for self -management. You will have excellent assessment, intervention, communication, and organisational skills to be able to support and advise others with complex case management. You will have a strong commitment to continuous professional development and service improvement.  Experience of supervising others and leading on projects or improvements is preferable however consideration will also be given to candidates who can demonstrate good leadership skills.

There is supportive management from a Senior Occupational Therapy team and the wider management and leadership team.   We work collaboratively with our health and social care teams, housing, and other partners with a strong focus on integrated working and ensuring positive outcomes for service users. We have good learning and development opportunities and promote career progression in management and leadership through our accredited SVQ centre.  

You will be provided with IT equipment to promote flexible working and we offer:

• Full and part time hours

• 28 Days holiday per year and 7 public holidays

• Access to the local government pension scheme

• Learning, development, and career opportunities

• Relocation allowance subject to eligibility criteria

We welcome applications from Occupational Therapists working in other areas who are looking for an opportunity to progress in their career and have suitable skills to bring to this post.      

For further information and discussion please contact Pam Dormer OT Lead pdormer@bonaccordcare.org  or 07824599340

Requirements

The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:

Professional Qualification in Occupational Therapy

Registration with HCPC

PVG (adults & children)

Current Full UK Driving Licence

 

Responsibilities

The post holder is expected to demonstrate:

Ability to communicate effectively with service users, staff, carers and internal/external professionals to achieve improved outcomes for service users

A flexible and creative approach in order to manage human, physical andfinancial resources effectively

An ability to lead and motivate a team, providing supervision, guidance and support to team members

Commitment to providing high quality customer service

Competence with a range of ICT packages including MS Office

Ability to chair meetings and case conferences effectively

Planning and decision making skills

The Individual

Please see Job Profile for further details