Advanced Practice Occupational Therapist

Job details

• Job reference: 251481
• Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
• Job closing date: 01/07/2026
• Job Type: Allied Health Professions
• Location: Base negotiable within Argyll & Bute HSCP
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 22.2
• Job posted date: 16/06/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Highland
• Department: Occupational Therapy - Post Infection and Complex Conditions Service (PACCS)

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ADVANCED PRACTITIONER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST BAND 7 (0.6WTE) Post-Infection Recovery Service

About Us

We are expanding the NHS Highland COVID Recovery Service into a regional Post Acute-Infection and Chronic Condition Service (PACCS) Our virtual-first, medically-led service delivers integrated, multidisciplinary rehabilitation for people living with Long COVID, ME/CFS, and other post-infectious conditions, aligned with NICE NG188/NG206 guidelines and Scottish Government priorities. Over the last three years, the service has consistently delivered timely, high-quality research-drive and innovative access to care. With confirmed recurring funding, we are now expanding specialist provision across the region, further developing our outcome-measurement frameworks, and beginning exploratory work into paediatric pathways.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Band 7 Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team. This role offers the chance to work autonomously as a clinical specialist, delivering high-quality physiotherapy care to individuals with complex post-infectious conditions, including ME/CFS and Long COVID. You will lead on the delivery and development of specialist Occupational Therapy rehabilitation across the regional structure (NHS Highland and Island Boards), providing expert clinical input, leadership and consultancy to AHPs, wider health and social care professionals, patients, families and carers.

Key Responsibilities

As an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist, you will:

· Provide timely assessment, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment for individuals with complex rehabilitation needs. · Consider the impact of health conditions on every aspect of life, working collaboratively with patients, families, communities, statutory partners and third-sector organisations.

· Develop and deliver best-practice, person-centred interventions, informed by current evidence and guidelines.

· Evaluate and report outcomes across rehabilitation pathways to support continuous improvement.

· Work within a robust professional assurance and governance framework, meeting local, national and professional standards.

· Promote and model continuing professional development to support high-quality Occupational Therapy practice and service excellence.

Because of the geographical spread of the service, the postholder will carry out a significant proportion of work through remote and virtual appointments, helping ensure equitable access across the region.

Why Join Us?

This is a newly established and permanently funded regional service, with opportunities for professional development, service innovation and research activity. You will be part of a forward-thinking MDT with strong national connections and a commitment to shaping the future of post-infection rehabilitation in Scotland.

Informal enquiries to Linda Currie linda.currie2@nhs.scot

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.

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