NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

Occupational Therapy staff in mental health services work in multi‑disciplinary teams to provide specialist and generic services which enables service users to achieve health, well‑being and optimum function. Service users participate in graded treatment, thus limiting the impact of physical health and mental health problems on ability to function independently.

Occupational therapy assessments are utilised within the team and by external agencies to identify the person’s functional ability and provide a baseline on which levels of ...