Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist - East Dunbartonshire Community Rehabilitation Team
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Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist - East Dunbartonshire Community Rehabilitation Team
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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
A 12 month, fixed term, band 6 Occupational Therapist post has become available in the Rapid Assessment Link Team within the East Dunbartonshire Community Rehabilitation Team. This service provides an integrated assessment and response function to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, facilitate timely discharge, provide rehabilitation to intermediate care and provide a period of rehabilitation and reablement within the community.
The post holder will provide specialist multidisciplinary client assessment, case coordination, treatment and proactively support planned discharge for adults with complex needs. The post has a particular focus of working at the interface of acute and primary care to support early discharge and prevent avoidable hospital admission. The post also covers the Intermediate Care beds within the HSCP and you would be expected to carry out assessment and treatments within this area in order to facilitate discharges to own homes. The postholder will contribute to the reablement assessment of those referred for new packages of care and for those who are receiving rehab through Home for Me.
The experienced practitioner is responsible for planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the occupational Therapy service provided as part of the Rehabilitation Service and will include liaison with targeted areas within Acute to facilitate discharge and prevent avoidable admission. This may include in-reach to acute sites.
Applicants should be registered with HCPC and have a full driver’s licence.
Informal Contact : Cara Bottomley, 0141 232 8213, Cara.bottomley@nhs.scot
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We support applications from across the Armed Forces Community, recognisingmilitary skills, experience and qualifications during the recruitment and selection process.
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