NHS Scotland
Children & Young People's Occupational Therapist
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Temporary Position for 12 Months
Opportunity to join a dynamic, integrated and quality driven service
The Fife Wide Children & Young People’s Occupational Therapy Service is a dynamic, quality-driven team dedicated to improving the lives of children, young people, and their families. Our work is underpinned by a commitment to upholding children’s rights, promoting equity, accessibility, and inclusion, and applying the social model of disability to enable participation in meaningful life activities.
We operate within a robust Clinical Governance framework aligned with local and national priorities, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care. Our service embraces innovation, including digital health solutions, to enhance clinical delivery and outcomes.
As An Occupational Therapist Within Our Service, You Will
- Support children, young people and their families, delivering interventions at universal, targeted, and specialist levels, tailored to population needs.
- Manage a generic caseload of children and young people from birth to school-leaving age.
- Apply excellent clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice across a range of paediatric conditions to support participation and wellbeing.
- Champion inclusive approaches that remove barriers and empower children and families to achieve their goals.
We Seek a Highly Motivated, Reflective Practitioner With
- Strong clinical expertise in working with children, young people and families and a commitment to continuous professional development.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with families, schools, and multi-agency partners.
- A passion for promoting rights-based practice, equity, and accessibility in all aspects of service delivery.
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You will be joining our supportive and innovative service that operates a robust clinical supervision model and has staff wellbeing at the heart of its culture. Reflective practice and effective decision making is embedded within the service and daily practice.
Flexible working arrangements exist to meet individual and service needs
Informal Enquiries: Sarah Negrette Head of Children & Young People’s Occupational Therapy
Fixed Term/Secondment Opportunity
Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here. If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigration Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website.
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It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.
We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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