Advanced Occupational Therapy Practitioner

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership for an integrated rehabilitation team comprising of Occupational Therapists employed by either NHS Lanarkshire or North Lanarkshire Council (NLC), Physiotherapists, Assistant Practitioners, Senior Healthcare Support Workers and Occupational Therapy Assistants (NLC).

• work as part of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team to deliver the best standard of care to a highly complex caseload.
• take a lead role in the delivery and development of highly specialist Occupational Therapy services within the Integrated Rehabilitation Teams in collaboration with existing NLC Occupational Therapy Senior Practitioners.
• lead on and nurture staff development through the implementation of an enhanced clinical supervision structure for NHS staff as well as educate and share expert clinical knowledge within IRT, in collaboration with the wider network of OT Advanced Practitioners, across Occupational Therapy services in Lanarkshire.
• lead on Practice Education including supporting new models of Practice Based learning.
• lead on clinical audit and quality improvement projects, and facilitate best practice and research activity across the service.
• have accountability for standards of care and deliver these within the context of clinical governance to ensure the highest standards of clinical intervention.
• use clinical expertise and initiatives to support waiting list management, in partnership with Team Leaders and others.

In This Key Role, You Will

The department delivers Occupational Therapy services across the whole population (approx. 644,000) including acute, community and primary care services. It is structured into care groups as outlined within the section 4 (Organisational Chart). It is a hosted service and is operationally accountable to the Head of Health and Social Care and professionally accountable to the AHP director.

What You'll Bring

The post holder should have experience of community working and a breadth of specialist/advanced Occupational Therapy experience, knowledge and skills to support the assessment and rehabilitation process. The post holder will also require leadership and service improvement experience.

• Degree in Occupational Therapy with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to Master's degree in Occupational Therapy or relevant specialty, or evidence of working towards Master's level qualification
• Evidence of working at Level 7 Advanced Practitioner of the NMAHP Development Framework
• A range of postgraduate education and short specialist courses relevant to the specialty.
• Highly specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within the clinical specialty.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

What We Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

• Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

Anyone with an interest in this exciting development are encouraged to contact Mark Whitefield, Bellshill Integrated Rehabilitation Team Leader at . If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Gemma Irwin, Recruitment Administrator on .