NHS Grampian’s Occupational Therapy service is split across 6 areas: Aberdeen City, Acute, Aberdeenshire, Moray, Child Health, Mental Health and Adults with Learning Disabilities. These services work in a range of locations, hospital, community, health centres and educational settings. The client group is diverse and the work spans children, adults and older people.
I would like to welcome an Occupational Therapist
Practising as an Occupational Therapist requires a degree from a recognised institution. Training in Scotland is available at Robert Gordon University, Glasgow Caledonian University and Queen Margaret University. Please visit their websites for more information on the entry requirements. Further information regarding careers in Occupational Therapy can be found on the College of Occupational Therapists website.
If you are in S5/S6 and would like to spend some time with an Occupational Therapist for work experience, please use the NHS Grampian Work Experience website.
It is also possible for graduates with a relevant first degree to become an Occupational Therapist. Post graduate training is offered by some universities.
I am currently training to be an Occupational Therapist
Practice placements are offered within NHS Grampian. Please speak to your course co-ordinator in the first instance who can liaise with our Occupational Therapy service, contact details are as follows:
Aberdeen City – Tel: 01224 558399
Acute – Tel: 01224 553410
Aberdeenshire – Tel: 01467 672724
Moray – Tel: 01343 567244
Child Health – Tel: 01224 550593
Mental Health & Adult Learning Disabilities – Tel: 01224 557918
I am a qualified Occupational Therapist and considering a move to Grampian
We are pleased to hear you are interested in joining our team. Vacancies are advertised on the NHS Grampian and SHOW websites and updated weekly. To arrange an informal chat with a member of our team please see contact details above.
I am a qualified Occupational Therapist but it has been some years since I practised. Am I able to return to work?
NHS Grampian welcome enquiries from Occupational Therapists who have allowed their registration to lapse or have had a career break. We are happy to support you to regain registration through supervision and an assessment of your clinical competencies. For an informal chat please contact Karin Massie or Julie Gillespie, AHP Practice Education Leads. More information is also available from the College of Occupational Therapists and the Health & Care Professions Council.
Flying Start
Flying Start NHS® is a national development programme for newly qualified nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. It aims to support your learning and build your confidence during your first year of practice in NHS Scotland. It will do this by assisting you to navigate to the Foundation gateway of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework 'Agenda for Change'. After completing Flying Start NHS® newly qualified practitioners would be expected to participate in ongoing Continuing Professional Development.
Benefits for newly qualified practitioners include:
- Offers a learner-directed solution to finding information and making sense of a complex environment
- Guides and supports the transition from student to qualified practitioner
- Links to the NHS KSF development review cycle
- Supports the development of skills for lifelong learning and CPD
- Offers practical advice on how to manage portfolios and PDPs within NHS Scotland
- Gives access to up to date material, useful websites and national policy and developments
- Decreases feelings of isolation through the on-line forum, Flying Start Community and Ask a Mentor functions
- Draws and builds on the learning skills developed as pre-registration or undergraduate student
- Increased understanding of the role of other health and social care professionals and partners
Effective Practitioner
Effective Practitioner is a national initiative providing work based learning resources and support for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in Scotland. It assists Practitioners and Senior Practitioners to deliver the 2020 vision and meet the Quality Ambitions of Person Centred, Safe and Effective Care. The Effective Practitioner website provides the online foundation for wider work-based support.
Senior AHP Framework
The Senior AHP Framework website provides support and guidance on the education and development needs of Senior AHPs who are leading and managing services or teams. It provides information and support for Senior AHPs at level 6 of The Career Framework for Health, and those aspiring to this level, who have leadership components within their role e.g. Team Leaders.
It also allows Knowledge and Skills Framework reviewers and managers to guide and assist the planning and implementation of leadership skills for their staff and help them develop Personal Development Plans (PDPs).
Skills Maximisation Toolkit
The Skills Maximisation Toolkit allows AHP staff to examine their unique contributions to the patient journey, and to ask which aspects could best be managed by others. The exercise has been developed into the skills maximisation process. It can be used by AHPs and other staff to identify adjustments that make optimum use of staff with various levels of qualification.
The toolkit guides you through 3 stages:
- Clarifying the patient journey
- Capturing uniqueness
- Creating improvement