Job Introduction
Develop Your Specialist Expertise Within a County-Wide Learning Disability Service
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Learning Disability Service, supporting adults with learning disabilities who present with complex health, behavioural and mental health needs.
You will work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention while contributing to positive outcomes for service users. With access to regular supervision, ongoing professional development and support from experienced clinical leaders, this role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop your specialist skills and career.
Base: Flexible across Marlborough, Chippenham, Warminster or Salisbury
Hours: 30 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid working model (approximately 60/40), dependent on individual and service needs.
Package Description
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities & Autism Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £39,959 - £48,117 FTE (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 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
Key Responsibilities
- Hold professional responsibility for a designated caseload of adults with learning disabilities, autism and complex health needs.
- Provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, interventions and evidence-based care planning.
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning and specialist skills to support individuals with complex physical, behavioural and sensory needs.
- Work collaboratively within a county-wide multidisciplinary team and alongside external partner organisations.
- Monitor, review and evaluate intervention outcomes, adapting approaches as required.
- Support and supervise junior staff, delegating work appropriately and promoting professional development.
- Deliver education and training to clients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Support the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist with service planning, prioritisation and operational leadership, deputising where required.
Skills, Experience and Attributes
We are seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist with the clinical expertise, leadership skills and passion to support adults with learning disabilities and complex needs within a specialist community service.
Essential Criteria
- Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration.
- Sensory Integration training or willingness to complete recognised training.
- Significant post-registration experience within learning disabilities or a related specialist field.
- Experience supporting adults with profound and complex needs.
- Ability to manage complex clinical situations and demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills.
- Experience supervising, mentoring and developing others.
- Strong multidisciplinary and multi-agency working experience.
- Experience contributing to service development, audits or quality improvement initiatives.
- Excellent communication, presentation and influencing skills.
- Competence across a broad range of Occupational Therapy interventions.
- Strong organisational, prioritisation and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and use evidence-based practice.
- Full driving licence and access to transport.
Desirable Criteria
- BAOT/RCOT membership.
- Specialist interest group membership.
- Postgraduate qualifications or advanced specialist training.
- Leadership and management development.
- Experience teaching and assessing in practice.
- Experience of NHS Continuing Healthcare processes.
- Experience prescribing specialist equipment and adaptations.
For full details of the role,responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the attached JobDescription.
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.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll 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.
Questions About the Role?
If you would like an informal discussion about the role or would like to find out more before applying, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please contact:
- Tula Daley, Team Manager, Learning Disability Service
07881 514711
✉️ tula.daley@hcrgcaregroup.com - Claire Puntis, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
07909 533170
✉️ claire.puntis@hcrgcaregroup.com
We're happy to answer any questions and discuss how this opportunity could fit with your experience and career aspirations.
