An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RSW to join our Intermediate Care Team as part of the Integrated Community & Support Services (ICASS) in the St Andrews Locality.
The Intermediate Care Service provide rehabilitation to the adult population within the locality. This will be delivered to service users as in-patients, out-patients or within their own home.
The primary function of this role will be to work with the Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy & District Nursing Services within Intermediate Care to deliver therapeutic treatment programmes to service users in the ward setting or their own homes, preventing hospital admission and supporting early discharge from hospital. Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists & District Nursing will provide specialist assessments to this patient group and allocate work to you. This post will primarily deal with the function of daily care in the community, a service provided 365 days of the year from 0800-2200.
You will have an SVQ Level III in Health and Social Care or equivalent. Experience working as a support worker would be desirable. It would be desirable to have experience working with older people as they are the main group of service users referred. Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team you will be expected to carry out ongoing treatment programmes for a mixed caseload of mainly older people.
You will have good organisational skills, excellent communication skills and be able to work independently as well as within the team. There may be occasions where you will be required to work in one of the other community hospital sites. You will require to work 15 hours flexibly over 7 days.
Our service offers regular supervision, PDP and supports training opportunities. The ability to travel throughout the area is essential as this is a community post.
For informal enquiries, please contact Elizabeth Wright, Occupational Therapy Team Lead - elizabeth.wright5@nhs.scot.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application. 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 Fife welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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.
