Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Do you have the skills to work in a busy inpatient rehabilitation setting? Would you like the opportunity to be a part of a supportive team with development opportunities? If so, please read on. Do you have extensive specialist occupational therapy experience and skills in working with a range of conditions? Have you got significant experience of clinical leadership and workload coordination? Then this is the post for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and highly specialist occupational therapist with a wide range of clinical experience to join our occupational therapy team within Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline. You would be responsible for clinically leading the inpatient rehabilitation team. The wards offer a diverse range of specialties including frailty, orthopedics, vascular and long-term complex conditions. You will be proficient in standardised assessment and evidence informed interventions. You will have quality improvement skills including evidence of audit and service development and you will have demonstrated team leadership in previous jobs. A good track record of developing staff and students will be highly desirable and excellent team working is essential. You must be able to demonstrate a broad range of postgraduate experience and sufficient knowledge and skills to manage a complex caseload. You may be required to work across Fife, therefore the ability to travel is essential. Informal enquiries: Nicole Whyte, Community In-Patient Rehabilitation Team Manager (01383) 623623 x 22332 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 Immigrations 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 here. 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. AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool.

The successful candidate will clinically lead the inpatient rehabilitation team across various specialties including frailty and orthopedics. Responsibilities include managing a complex caseload and driving service development through quality improvement and audits.

Requires extensive specialist occupational therapy experience with a strong track record in clinical leadership and postgraduate experience. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be able to join the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

• Flexible working • Family-friendly policies • Reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates

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• Clinical Leadership
• Workload Coordination
• Standardised Assessment
• Evidence Informed Interventions
• Quality Improvement
• Audit
• Service Development
• Staff Development
• Student Supervision
• Complex Caseload Management
• Occupational Therapy
• Team Working

• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership
• Government & Public Sector

Minimum education

Master’s degree

Minimum experience

5+ years

Apply by

Sep 4, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Seniority

Mid-Senior level