Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for an opportunity to help shape a brand new service and make a lasting difference to people across Medway? HCRG Care Group is proud to have been chosen by Medway Council to deliver the Intermediate Care and Reablement Service from 1 October. As we launch this exciting new service, we are looking for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our growing team and play a key role in supporting people to recover, regain independence and remain in the place they call home. This is an exciting opportunity to join a service at the very beginning of its journey. Working alongside health and social care colleagues, you will help us develop and deliver innovative, person-centred rehabilitation and reablement pathways that improve outcomes for local residents and support our Home First approach.

You will be joining a passionate and supportive multidisciplinary team that is focused on delivering outstanding care across the Medway community. As part of a newly mobilised service, you will have the opportunity to contribute ideas, influence service development and help shape the future of rehabilitation and reablement provision across the area. In return, we offer:

• NHS Agenda for Change Band 7 salary with an NHS pension
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases, plus cashback and voucher offers for treats and essentials
• Access to your wages as you earn them, helping cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest borrowing
• Online and in-person wellbeing support, including mental health services, activity challenges, financial wellbeing tools, coaching and counselling
• Access to e-learning, bespoke career pathways and professional development opportunities through our Outstanding Learning Enterprise team
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to contribute ideas, backed by ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation where the majority of our rated services hold Good or Outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will provide specialist assessment, rehabilitation and reablement interventions for individuals presenting with a wide range of complex physical, medical, surgical and neurological conditions. Working autonomously across community and intermediate care settings, you will support people to maximise their independence and achieve their personal goals following illness, injury or hospital admission.You will undertake comprehensive functional assessments, develop personalised rehabilitation plans and work closely with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver coordinated, person-centred care. Your role will include assessment for equipment and adaptations, supporting discharge planning and helping people safely return to, and remain within, their own homes wherever possible.Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will provide leadership and support across the therapy team, helping to coordinate rehabilitation and reablement provision, contribute to service development and ensure the delivery of high-quality care. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care to improve patient outcomes and shape the continued success of this new service.

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Significant post-registration Occupational Therapy experience
• Experience working at Band 6 level or above
• Experience working within rehabilitation, intermediate care, community services or similar settings
• Experience managing complex clinical caseloads
• Strong understanding of rehabilitation, reablement and functional assessment
• Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making skills
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams
• Experience supporting, supervising or developing junior colleagues and students
• Excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes

• Experience working within Intermediate Care or Reablement services
• Community Occupational Therapy experience
• Experience undertaking home visits and environmental assessments
• Experience recommending equipment and adaptations
• Experience supporting service improvement initiatives
• Experience coordinating therapy provision or providing professional leadership
• Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Relevant postgraduate qualification or specialist training

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.

Questions about the role? Feel free to reach out to Sam on +44 78846 59420 or sam.wright@hcrgcaregroup.com.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Current HCPC registration, Significant post-registration Occupational Therapy experience, Experience working at Band 6 level or above, Strong understanding of rehabilitation, reablement and functional assessment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Sittingbourne

ME10 4DT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/