Occupational Therapy Support Worker

**Occupational Therapy Support Worker**:**Band 3**:
**Main area**

Therapy Support Worker
**Grade**

Band 3
**Contract**

Permanent
**Hours**

Part time - 30 hours per week

**Job ref**

201-22-291

**Site**

Bodmin Community Hospital
**Town**

Bodmin
**Salary**

£20,330 - £21,777 Pro rata
**Salary period**

Yearly
**Closing**

Today at 23:59

**Thank you for your interest in working for **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust**:
**Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust prides itself in striving to be an employer of choice.**
- Our Trust objectives are:_
- Improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities by working in partnership and creating opportunities for our citizens.
- Provide safe, high quality, timely and compassionate care and support, in local communities wherever possible, and informed by experience of people who use services.
- Make Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly a great place to work in health and social care.
- Working efficiently so health and care funding give maximum benefits.
- Create the underpinning infrastructure and capabilities that are critical to delivering high quality care and support.

All external appointments to the Trust will be required to attend a full Trust Corporate Induction which will be held at Carew House, Beacon Technology Park, Dunmere Road, Bodmin, PL31 2QN.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

An opportunity has arisen to join the busy, fast paced therapy team based at Bodmin Community Hospital. This exciting post will be in-patient based but reaching out into the community.

We are looking for somebody with ambition and drive to work as part of the team and independently. You will be carrying a manageable caseload of patients. _Our patients require assessment, goal planning and safe efficient discharges using our links to teams within the_ _community_. _Mentoring and guidance with the Band 5 and 6 Occupational Therapists will mean there are development opportunities. We encourage reflective practice.

There will be allocated time set aside for regular supervision. Training and learning supported by Cornwall Foundation Trust

The post will involve working on both Anchor Ward and Bodmin Community Assessment and Treatment Unit (CATU) delivering occupational therapy intervention under close supervision of the Occupational Therapists. This could be in the patient’s home, in the hospital unit, or in the community.

You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in delivering high standards of care to our patients in a rapidly evolving environment.

Driving is essential

It may involve weekend working at times.
- To achieve our Trust objectives, we prioritise the development of our staff. To support this, the following opportunities are available:_
- Protected CPD time for registered staff
- Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
- Leadership and Management development programmes
- Coaching and mentoring opportunities
- A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
- Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
- A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
- Individual professional development programmes
- Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:_
- Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
- Free DBS checks where required
- Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme

We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.

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The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. In order to comply with our duty of care, we require our staff to have the COVID vaccine and we will ask for proof of vaccination during the recruitment process. Vaccination will be a condition of employment unless an exemption applies._**

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

**Applicant requirements**: