Job Introduction
Make a meaningful difference to people’s lives while rapidly developing your clinical expertise.
HCRG Care Group is offering a rare opportunity to join a specialist Occupational Therapy rotation designed to strengthen your core skills while expanding your specialist knowledge across highly impactful services. This unique programme spans the Falls and Parkinson’s Clinic, the Community Neuro and Stroke Service’s Early Supported Discharge team, and the St Martin’s Hospital ward, with each placement lasting nine months to provide the depth and continuity needed for real professional growth.
Working across these services, you will play a central role in delivering evidence-based, multidisciplinary rehabilitation to individuals across Bath and North East Somerset. Some services operate seven days a week, including bank holidays, and interventions may take place in clinic settings, on the ward, or within patients’ homes. This provides a rich variety of clinical experiences and the opportunity to support people at different stages of their rehabilitation journey.
You will collaborate closely with a wide network of professionals, including social care colleagues, specialist wheelchair and seating services, and community and voluntary organisations, allowing you to contribute to truly holistic and person‑centred care. Every rotation benefits from a strong supervisory structure, with regular team meetings held at St Martin’s Hospital and a clear commitment to continuing professional development. Staff working in community settings also have access to remote working, supporting flexibility and effective service delivery.
This role offers a compelling pathway for Occupational Therapists who want to broaden their practice, gain specialist experience, and build a rewarding and well‑rounded career within a supportive and forward‑thinking service.
Main Responsibilities
- Manage your own caseload with support and supervision from Band 6 Occupational Therapists.
- Carry out standardised and service‑specific assessments to create personalised treatment and management plans.
- Deliver evidence‑based Occupational Therapy interventions tailored to individual needs.
- Use recognised outcome measures to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of your interventions.
- Communicate clearly and professionally with team members, external agencies, service users, and carers.
- Work collaboratively with service users and their carers to set and achieve shared rehabilitation goals, offering education, advice, signposting, and training as required.
- Assess for, prescribe, and provide equipment and adaptations that support daily living and reduce risk.
- Deliver safe and effective moving and handling practices as part of clinical intervention.
- Participate in audits and contribute to ongoing service development projects.
- Take an active role in supervision—both receiving supervision and supporting the development of support workers and students.
- Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical records and patient data.
- Adhere to all national, organisational, and departmental policies, procedures, guidelines, and professional codes of conduct.
- Engage in regular in‑service training and provide training or advice to colleagues where relevant.
- Keep up to date with evidence‑based practice and relevant professional guidelines, including RCOT and NICE guidance for Falls and Parkinson’s Disease.
Essential Criteria
- A recognised Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Relevant hands‑on clinical experience.
- Experience working effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Clinical skills and experience working with older adults.
- Understanding of falls prevention, including current evidence‑based practice.
- Experience collaborating with other agencies or external organisations.
- Knowledge of standardised assessments and outcome measures.
- Awareness of neurological conditions such as Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, and related Parkinson’s conditions.
- A full UK driving licence, access to a vehicle for work, and appropriate business-use insurance.
- Understanding of key health and social care legislation relevant to Occupational Therapy practice.
- Knowledge and experience in prescribing and using adaptive equipment.
- Experience assessing physical, cognitive, and social functioning.
- Experience supporting colleagues through both informal and formal supervision.
- Motivated to complete training relevant to the role.
- A clear commitment to ongoing professional development.
Desirable Criteria
- Additional clinical skills or experience working with older adults.
- Experience delivering falls prevention interventions.
- Experience supporting individuals with neurological conditions.
- Awareness of relevant best practice guidelines within the field.
- Experience working in community settings, including lone working.
- Previous experience in both acute and community hospital environments.
- Strong activity‑analysis skills.
- Experience planning and leading group sessions.
Package Description
As a Band 5 Rotational Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in our BSW Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £31,049 - £37,796 FTE (Band 5 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 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.
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