Occupational Therapy Assistant
7 months ago
**Occupational Therapist Assistant**
**Ipswich**
**Position: Occupational Therapist Assistant**
**Location: Bluestem Road, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich IP3 9RR**
**Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week**
**Salary: £23,000**
This is an incredible opportunity to work for a forward-thinking community equipment services provider, who’ll support you to be the best you can be in your chosen field
Join us as our new Occupational Therapist Assistant at Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd and let us empower you to truly make a difference.
Our continued employee development programmes, internal training and exceptional leadership will give you the ability to continuously develop yourself professionally whilst providing person-centred support.
You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values.
**Who are Medequip?**
Medequip is the leading provider of medical equipment services to local authorities and the NHS across the UK, delivering a wide range of equipment and support to people in their own homes, keeping people independent for longer.
**About the role**
As the Occupational Therapist Assistant for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will join our growing clinical team in Medequip’s Community Equipment Services (CES). We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapy Assistant / Assistant Practitioner to provide advice and support to prescribers, operational staff in the depot, and the community. Working with an OT, in our depot, you will use your equipment knowledge to support best practice within the community equipment service and support developments in the service.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- You will work with the depot OT, referrers, suppliers, and operational teams to deliver a person-centred Community Equipment Service that helps individuals access the right equipment to support their needs at the right time.
- Providing support and advice to referrers into the Service and colleagues within the Service in order to maximise the recycling of special equipment, including review of Special orders.
- To support the depot OT with training and demonstration sessions according to the needs of the contract.
- To work alongside depot colleagues to help resolve issues and ensure a seamless service.
- Joint working with colleagues to ensure Catalogue systems and accurate information are in place to maximise utilisation and ensure best value for money.
- Participate in local and national projects, supporting the development of best practice for the service.
- Contribute to the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and help compile reports, including detailing the demand and savings produced by recycling special equipment
**About you**
Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:
- We keep our promises.
- We empower people to be accountable for their actions and performance.
- We help people with empathy, courtesy, dignity and kindness.
- We show respect and are trusted by our colleagues, suppliers and customers.
- We believe in teamwork and are passionate about our work.
- We encourage innovation and the development of technology.
- We embrace change and seek to achieve excellence.
- We deliver cost effective, efficient and safe healthcare solutions.
**Qualifications and experience required.**
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a therapy assistant or assistant practitioner (or similar) in a Health or Social Care setting
- Experience of community equipment or wheelchair services.
- NVQ level 3 or similar (or willingness to undertake)
- To be a trained Trusted Assessor (or to have experience to meet this requirement)
**What we offer**
- Supervision by experienced OT
- 33 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Continued professional development, training and learning support and opportunities for career progression.
- Pension scheme
- Healthcare scheme
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Care First employee assistance program including free counselling.
- Access to Perkbox discount platform
- Free DBS check
We take our data privacy seriously and commit to processing your data in line with GDPR guidelines. Medequip’s Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed in connection with our recruitment processes.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £22,000.00-£23,000.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
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