Job Introduction
We are excited to offer a unique opportunity to join our Band 5 Occupational Therapy rotation covering the Community Neuro and Stroke Service, the in-patient older adult rehabilitation unit with dedicated stroke beds and the falls and balance clinic.
The available post is currently offered on a full time basis, with each rotation lasting 9 months. Each service is supported by a Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist and there is a strong commitment to supervision, learning and development.
The Community Neuro and Stroke Service Early Supported Discharge Team (ESD) provides intensive, specialist rehabilitation in the community for those people who have experienced an acute stroke and for people with long term neurological conditions. The service operates over 7 days and includes bank holiday working.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake assessments of service users in the community in order to formulate individualised, evidence based, management and treatment plans.
The Sulis Unit at St Martins Hospital is focused upon maximising our patient’s recovery with a strong commitment to provide an effective and enabling rehabilitation environment. We work closely with other services to ensure patients are discharged with the right level of support for their on-going community based rehabilitation or longer term needs.
The Clara Cross Centre provides specialist assessment and intervention aiming to maximise independent living in the community, minimizing risk and reducing falls. Two clinics run at Clara Cross: Falls and Balance Clinic and the Parkinson’s Clinic. This post works across both clinics.
If you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact Andrew Griffin -01225 831544 andrew.griffin@hcrgcaregroup.com
Main Responsibility
Within each rotation, you will:
- Undertake assessment of service users in order to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
- Implement evidence based Occupational Therapy intervention.
- Evaluate Occupational Therapy intervention and facilitate timely discharge of service users from the service.
- Communicate effectively with members of the service and with members of other organisations.
- Work with service users and their carers towards shared goals, providing advice, education and training where required.
- Assess for and provide equipment to assist service users in the completion of activities of daily living.
- Deliver safe moving and handling practice as part of clinical intervention.
- Participate in service development projects
- Actively engage within the supervisory process.
The Ideal Candidate
You will have:
- HCPC (Occupational Therapy) registration
- BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- The ability to work flexibly across specialities as need arises
- The ability to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to write and evaluate treatment plans
- Knowledge of relevant national guidance and other relevant initiatives
- Access to a car and hold a valid UK license
- A keen interest in developing specialist skills.
Package Description
As an Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team at St Martin's Hospital
You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
• £29,970 - £34,483 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• 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 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 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 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. 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.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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