Job Introduction
Are you an experienced and compassionate Occupational Therapist looking to take the next step in your career?
Do you have a passion for stroke rehabilitation and enjoy working collaboratively with patients and families?
If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our community in-patient stroke team at Chippenham Community Hospital as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist.
Main Responsibility
This post will work alongside existing therapy staff to provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to deliver rehabilitation and timely discharges from our 20 bedded stroke ward.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supervision and development of junior staff within the therapy team and some of the day-to-day management of the unit, providing an opportunity to develop managerial skills alongside continued development of clinical skills. You will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible and able to work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting complex discharges.
You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to putting the patient at the centre of your work.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working in a collaborative way with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team to help us develop our service.
Someone who has a curiosity to learn in a supportive environment and to use creative approaches to share this learning across the MDT.
You will continue to develop your clinical skills with a varied caseload of patients requiring in patient stroke rehabilitation.
Package Description
As a Senior Occupational Therapist we value you and your wellbeing, offering a range of benefits to help you feel supported and appreciated:
- Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
- Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.
- Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.
- Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.
- Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.
- Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.
- Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.
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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