Occupational Therapist inAberdeen inAberdeen PUBLISHED 17 SEP 2024

NHS GRAMPIAN



OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST Band 5


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.

We are in the fortunate position to be recruiting to Occupational Therapy positions within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, as part of our bed base review and bed base expansion within Respiratory and Frailty.

If you are a kind, caring, compassionate, experienced registered Occupational Therapist with a current HCPC registration and have a desire to deliver high quality care, while supporting service delivery/change then we are looking for you.

There will be times you may be asked to cover across the pathway or within the ARI site itself which will offer opportunities and further experience. This post could be considered for rotational experience within Acute and Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care partnerships.

If you are interested in finding out more then please contact


Alison Macaulay, Occupational Therapy Professional Lead in Acute or Tel



Iona Black, Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist,


Interviews (face to face) will be held on the 10/11 of October and will contain a practical element within the interview process.

An attractive relocation allowance of up to £8,000 is available to successful candidates.

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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NHS Grampian forms one of the fourteen regional health boards of NHS Scotland and is responsible for providing health and social care services to a population of over 500,000 people living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

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.