Occupational Therapist Band 6

Package Description

Are you a motivated Occupational Therapist looking to make a real difference within your local community? HCRG Care Group is looking for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team in Melksham Community Hospital. The Integrated Neighbourhood team is a community-based service which supports and works with people, either in their own home or in Residential or Nursing Homes. The aim of the service is to maximise and maintain independence based on patients identified needs through rehabilitation. Following an initial assessment and, in consultation with the service user, a care plan and rehabilitation programme is drawn up. As our services transform, there may be times you will be expected to support both nursing and therapy in the delivery of care, within an appropriate scope or practice and following relevant on-the-job training. Flexible working across 24/7 to meet the service demands. Weekend working and out of hours working will be required.

Base

Melksham Community Hospital, SN127NZ This is a part-time role working 35 hours per week. For any enquires please contactKatharine.Tucker@hcrgcaregroup.com

Main Responsibilities

To carry out comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation for patients with diverse presentations and a range of physical, psychological and social needs, using advanced clinical reasoning and person-centred goals. Focus on admission avoidance, planned rehabilitation and facilitating timely hospital discharge through effective multidisciplinary and multi-agency working. To hold responsibility for a complex caseload and manage capacity effectively, prioritising workload in response to changing patient and service needs. To provide an evidence-based Occupational Therapy service of a high standard through comprehensive assessment, reassessment, care planning, rehabilitation, therapeutic intervention and discharge planning. Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have -

Essential

Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Therapy Membership of The Royal College of Occupational Therapists and/ or evidence of other professional liability insurance to practice Registered with HCPC Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) recorded in a portfolio, as recommended by HCPC To have gained effective experience in a range of practice areas To demonstrate knowledge of principles and practices within Occupational Therapy to include knowledge of medical conditions prevalent in the elderly such as Parkinsons Disease, Stroke, MS, COPD, falls, orthopaedic conditions, general ageing and diabetes Good working knowledge of typical work-related systems, procedures, equipment and technology Knowledge and understanding of the legislation that applies to care and health work Car driver with access to vehicle with business level insurance cover, business Insurance and be able to travel

Independently Desirable

Previous recent experience as an Occupational Therapist within a Community setting Previous experience supervising junior staff Package Description As a Band 6 Occupational Therapistyou will be part of our valued team in our Community Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day 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 lifes 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 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 youre 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission About the Company 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. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.