Queen Margaret Hospital
The Fife Children & Young Peoples Integrated Occupational Therapy Service (NHS & Council) is a forward thinking, quality driven service committed to improving outcomes for children, young people and their families. We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic and supportive team.
This is a community based post primarily covering West and Central Fife, with some flexibility to work across other areas of Fife in response to service demand.
The role involves working across a range of community settings, including clinics, nurseries, schools, community centres and family homes. You will manage a generic caseload of children from birth to school leaving age, supporting those with a wide range of needs and conditions that impact participation in everyday activities. Our service operates a tiered model of delivery, and you will contribute to universal, targeted and individualised interventions. We are also actively embedding digital health systems and telehealth approaches to enhance clinical delivery and improve outcomes.
You should have experience within health and/or social care settings, with experience of working with children, young people and families being highly desirable.
We are looking for a highly motivated, reflective practitioner with excellent communication skills. You will work in partnership with children and their families to collaboratively develop and review care plans, and you will liaise closely with education, health and social care colleagues to support coordinated care and educational planning.
Our service has a strong focus on quality improvement and performance management, with priorities aligned to both local and national strategic aims for children, young people and their families.
We offer robust clinical governance arrangements and well established structures to support continued professional development, ensuring you are well supported to grow and thrive in your role.
You will be joining our supportive and innovative service. Reflective practice and advanced clinical reasoning are embedded within the service culture. There is an opportunity and expectation that you will participate in the Flying Start programme.
5/7 working week and flexible working arrangements exist to meet individual and service needs.
For informal enquiries, please contact Sarah Negrette, Head of Children & Young Peoples Occupational Therapy -
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Interviews will be held in person on Tuesday 21st April 2026, as there will be a practical element involved as part of the interview selection process, therefore we are unable to offer virtual / Teams.
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