Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is undergoing a period of transformative change to develop multi disciplinary integrated teams.
The Home Teams will deliver person centred care with the promotion of independence at the core of service delivery.
We are looking to welcome enthusiastic registered Occupational Therapists with a keen interest in working within an adult community health setting.
The focus for this post is provision of occupational therapy assessment and interventions to help maximise client function and independence, focussing predominantly on proactive and preventative interventions.
You will be expected to manage a caseload to provide a full service of assessment, appropriate management, onward referral and discharge to a range of patients referred to the service. You will work within a multi-professional team to ensure co-ordinated care for patients. There is a focus on utilising professional skills to deliver rehabilitation and enablement
Not sure if it is a good job fit for you?
You would be suited to this job… if you can work smartly with people to help them establish goals and identify how Home Teams professionals can add value in people’s recovery.
You would love this job…if you’re committed to work as part of a diverse team assisting and developing general service delivery whilst retaining your professional identity and unique contribution.
You would excel in this post…if you are positive, practical, hopeful and solution-focused in your approach, keen to work alongside people with a belief in their self-agency.
The service is committed to continuing professional development, supervision and student education. There is a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as region wide learning and reflection between all 8 Home Teams.
VACANCIES REQUIRING DRIVING BUT NOT A DRIVING POST (eg community clinical roles etc)
Under Equality Legislation we can only state that a driving licence is required if a post is a 'driving job - eg Driver.
Following discussions, we can now routinely use the following text in adverts where a post holder would be expected to drive.
This post may involve clinic and home visits in remote and rural areas therefore a current driving licence is an essential requirement of this post. However, if you have a disability which precludes you from holding a driving licence, consideration will be given if alternative transport can be arranged.
Recruitment have also set up an assessment question option (wording below) which managers can request be added to the Jobtrain application form for candidates to answer when completing their application. This would ensure that the advert wording hadn't been missed by a candidate and provide shortlisters with the information they need to consider an application. The assessment form requires candidates to answer this specific question before continuing their application:
Assessment form title - NHS D&G - Query regarding driving in rural and remote areas
This post may involve clinic and home visits in remote and rural areas. A current driving licence is an essential requirement of this post. However, if you have a disability which precludes you from holding a driving licence consideration will be given if alternative transport can be arranged.
Please detail how you would facilitate travel to clinic and home visits.