We are looking for a qualified Occupational Therapist to join our Intensive Rehabilitation Service supporting Pathway 2 discharges in the South of Wiltshire based in Salisbury area. This service is based within an inpatient bed-based rehabilitation setting to provide patients an opportunity for focused rehabilitation after a hospital admission to enable patients to work towards their goals. You will work with a multidisciplinary approach, alongside physiotherapists, assistant practitioners, rehabilitation support workers, care staff, and social workers to ensure the patients are supported to work towards their goals, aiming to return home or into another setting. As a band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will be supported by a Therapy Clinical Lead and senior therapists within the team along with community therapists within the organisation to develop in your role to increase your knowledge and experience working with a diverse case load. There is the opportunity for career development and pay progression (Agenda for Change). This is an exciting time for the team, working in partnership with other local services to provide rehabilitation in an integrated and truly patient-centred way. If you are interested in the prospect of working in this highly rewarding area of healthcare, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Responsibilities:
* Provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff, and students.
* Work within the integrated multi-professional team.
* Accountable for assessing, interpreting, planning, and implementing occupational therapy treatment and care to patients within professional guidelines, with the support of specialist team members and the Team Leader.
* Undertake assessments, care planning, and evaluation.
* Avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
* Keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
Minimum Requirements:
* Dip COT/BSc/BSc(Hons)/MSc OT
* Registered as an OT with the Health Professional Council
* Possess a current, valid full driving licence
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
* Experience of applying research-based information to practice
* Assessment and care planning
* Working with a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience within a range of patient/client care groups
* Ability to communicate with people from a wide range of backgrounds
* Ability to work flexibly and sensitively
* Wide range of interpersonal and communication skills
* Competence in a wide range of occupational therapy skills
* I.T. literate
* Typing/data inputting skills for accessing patient information
* Manual handling skills and experience
* Ability to sensitively inform service users on emotional issues
* Flexibility and adaptability
* Organisational skills
* Report writing
* Experience of dealing with difficult situations
* Driven to achieve
* Self-motivated
* Good time management
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
Benefits:
* Salary of £29,970 with group pension
* Free tea and coffee at your base location
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt, and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ring-fenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding 'good' or 'outstanding' ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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