Occupational Therapist Senior Practitioner

Proposed Interview Date: Wednesday 23 September 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 13 September 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FC9 £47,604.34 - £57,196.54

Working Pattern: 24 Hours per week

Location: Fife House, Glenrothes

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Practitioner, Occupational Therapist based within the Glenrothes Community Occupational Therapy Team working with adults and older people in their home environments. The successful applicant will be responsible for undertaking outcome focused assessments to identify intervention that will maintain/promote optimum independence and reduce risk as appropriate to individuals.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously particularly within complex situations and able to evidence advanced clinical reasoning skills within all aspects of Occupational Therapy. Extensive experience working within a community setting is essential as well as good leadership skills and the ability to support and motivate staff through changes in practice.

The candidate will be required to lead on specific service development activities and have skills in housing needs, environmental adaptations/building design, manual handling, and postural management. Experience of supporting student education would be advantageous. The Community Occupational Therapy teams have an integral role within the Health and Social Care partnership in supporting and maintaining vulnerable individuals within their own communities and homes.

To facilitate this, we work in partnership with a range of other stakeholders, both formal and informal. Therefore, excellent communication skills are essential as well as the ability to demonstrate a flexible approach and experience of working collaboratively to maximise positive outcomes for individuals.

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

If you meet the essential qualification criteria outlined below, we’d like to hear from you:

You must be educated to SCQF level 9 which includes a degree, or equivalent, in Occupational Therapy.

Registered with Health and Care Professions council (HCPC).

Significant relevant post qualification experience with evidence of transferable skills.

Effective communication skills and evidence of capacity to use expert clinical reasoning to; make independent decisions; accept responsibility for actions and use initiative within parameters of responsibility.

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

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As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. While the significant part of the role can and will be carried out remotely, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required.

For further information please contact: Ailsa Dow - Ailsa.Dow@fife.gov.uk