Occupational Therapy Services Band 5, Various Locations - HGH17716

Job Description Post Title: Occupational Therapy Services Location: Various Hours: 37 hours per week Duration: Permanent Salary: £31,982 - £39,735 p.a. Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale. Contact Person: ...

Job Description

Post Title: Occupational Therapy Services
Location: Various
Hours: 37 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £31,982 - £39,735 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Dawn Allmond, Tel: 07818 520161

Job Purpose: If you want to develop your skills working with children and young people, enjoy the rural area of the Highlands and the lifestyle this has to offer, enjoy a challenge where every?day can bring new opportunities and are interested in this?post, we have vacancy?available?for?an?Occupational Therapist. This post?can?be based primarily from Inverness covering town and?rural areas, where you would work independently under the supervision of a Band 6 OT.?

We are interested in hearing from Occupational Therapists across the North Highland Region.

The Occupational Therapy Service to children and young people in Highland is provided by an integrated team of 13 staff.? The team are based across the Highlands. We work in a?cohesive and supportive team, and use a range of OT skills within our working practice. As we are a rural service we deliver this through a wide range of intervention styles.?

The successful applicant in this post will focus on Assessment and Interventions to promote independence,?and?the?provision of equipment/ adaptations. We work with children with Physical, developmental and Neuro-developmental needs in a variety of settings?in the community.

Actively participate in supervision and support, where appropriate providing support to Occupational Therapy students.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Tel: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Licence to practice as a Occupational Therapist under the Royal College Of Occupational Therapy 

HCPC registration 

Knowledge of policies, practices and procedures necessary for the job, including RCOT professional standards and HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics 

Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent 

 

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