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

This position is an expansion of the NHSL Covid Rehab Team, with the support of recurring funding for Energy Limiting conditions, from The Scottish Government. The team will provide specialist intervention for moderate to severe presentations of all Energy Limiting Conditions, including, Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS and other similar presentations. The post will support the development of the OT service and contribute to the overall service planning as part of a supportive interdisciplinary team.

You will work as an advanced clinical practitioner responsible for providing expert clinical care, making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced clinical reasoning skills and knowledge. You will work within a variety of outpatient and domiciliary settings across NHSL Lanarkshire and have multiple interactions across all clinical, social and 3rd sector pathways, with requirements to support mainstream pathways with education and support related to the complexities of this patient group.

As an Advanced Practitioner, you must demonstrate competence within all four pillars of advanced practice. This position would be ideal for an experienced clinician who has an interest in quality improvement and developing new innovative ways of working to improve patient care and outcomes.

Support and development is available from a very supportive, highly specialist, AHP team and within already established national clinical links.

Core working will be Monday – Friday with flexibility around working patterns. The office base is within Blantyre Health Centre. Although this post is full-time, part-time requests will be considered. A car driver is essential to meet the requirements of this role.

An informal conversation or visit to the team would be welcomed and highly beneficial.

In this key role, you will:

• Responsible for Occupational Therapy triage, assessment and rehabilitation for a highly specialist caseload
• Assess, plan, implement, evaluate and modify highly specialist treatment interventions to meet complex individual patient needs to optimise occupational performance
• Assess capacity to engage in Occupational Therapy. Gain informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients.
• Communicate highly sensitive diagnostic and prognostic information to patients, relatives, carers, OT staff, members of the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies.

What You'll Bring:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy with valid HCPC Registration
• Educated to Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy or relevant specialty, or evidence of working towards Masters 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.
• A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

From 1 April 2026, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will reduce from 37 hours to 36 hours. Part-time working hours will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. A corresponding increase in the hourly rate will apply, ensuring that overall pay remains unchanged.

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.

For informal discussion, please contact Leigh Dobson, Clinical Service Lead on 07977172721 OR at [email protected]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Nicole Hetherington, Recruitment Administrator on [email protected]

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.