Job Introduction
Are you a passionate and motivated Occupational Therapist looking for an exciting opportunity in the Bath area? We are seeking a dedicated Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our rotational team at St Martins Hospital!
This unique role offers the chance to work within dynamic multi-disciplinary teams across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). Our specialist services include the Falls and Parkinson’s Clinic, Community Neuro and Stroke Service, Early Supported Discharge Team (ESD), and in-patient stroke rehabilitation on Sulis Ward.
Your first rotation will be with Sulis Ward at St Martins Hospital, a fast-paced in-patient unit providing rehabilitation for service users with complex, multifactorial conditions, including stroke. Each rotation lasts 9 to 12 months, giving you the opportunity to develop a broad range of specialist skills under the guidance of clinical experts.
Some locations provide a 7-day service, including bank holidays, with interventions delivered in clinic, ward, and community settings. Regular team meetings and remote working options are available to support staff.
We welcome applications from third-year students and return-to-work candidates. If you’re looking to enhance your skills while making a real difference, we’d love to hear from you!
Main Responsibility
As a Reablement Occupational Therapist you will:
- Manage a caseload independently under Band 6 supervision, conducting assessments and developing treatment plans.
- Deliver and evaluate evidence-based interventions, including equipment provision and safe moving/handling practices.
- Communicate effectively with service users, carers, and multi-disciplinary teams, providing advice and education.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and adhere to professional and organisational guidelines.
- Participate in audits, service development, and supervision of support workers and students.
- Engage in ongoing professional development by keeping up to date with best practice guidelines and training.
Please see the attached job description for a full list of role responsibilities.
The Ideal Candidate
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
- Experience working with older people and multidisciplinary teams
- Awareness of falls prevention, stroke, and Parkinson’s disease
- Ability to assess, prioritise, and coordinate care independently
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills
- Good IT skills and ability to work in a changing environment
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
If you would like more information, or to come into the service for an informal visit please contact Kerry Lazenby at Kerry.Lazenby@hcrgcaregroup.com or Yvonne Thompson Yvonne.Thompson@hcrgcaregroup.com or call 01225 613701.
Package Description
As a Band 5 Reablement Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team at St Martin's Hospital, Bath.
You will feel valued as a Reablement Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £29,970 - £36,483 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea and coffee 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 a 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.
As you’d 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.
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