Senior Occupational Therapist

2 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom Sirona care & health CIC Full time

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Occupational Therapist looking for a new opportunity? Come and join Sirona as a Senior Community Occupational Therapist, a role where you really make a difference.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional community-based therapy, improving quality of life for service-users and committed to rehabilitation in a home environment, we would love to hear from you

In return, we will be fully committed to supporting your continued development. We will give you the opportunity to develop specialist community skills and enhance your multidisciplinary working as well as your ability to support/supervise other team members and develop key leadership skills.

The Sirona Integrated Network Teams (INT) are an innovative and dynamic service. We provide active rehabilitation to patients in their place of residence to maximise their functional potential and support them to remain independent within their homes. Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live better lives in their home environment.

You will be working within a friendly and supportive INT alongside other Therapists, Assistant Practitioners, Nurses and Nurse Associates, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Support Workers and Administrators.

We currently have vacancies in the following areas:

Inner City & East Bristol North & West Bristol South Bristol Weston, Worle & Villages

Main duties of the job

Responsible for proactive service and own caseload management Responsible for capacity management, allocation of work and efficient service / team coordination Lead by example and be a role model for the team Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships with hospital staff, primary care, service providers and multi-disciplinary teams within health and social care to:- To use occupational therapy skills and techniques in functional and standardised assessment & interventions as an autonomous practitioner To develop additional competencies within the requirements of the multi-disciplinary approach to the INT Take responsibility for the development of other members of the INT including peers, junior staff, and students whilst assisting other junior staff to organise, prioritise and manage their caseload. Work collaboratively with the INT Manager to:- support team performance in key identified areas including frailty and the assessment and management of high risk patients maintain a culture of learning (from incidents, including root cause analysis, patient feedback, complaints and clinical audit) Work within your scope of practice Identify risks and act accordingly to minimise risk to self, service users and colleagues in line with Organisational policy and procedures With the support of senior colleagues, identify and work towards specific objectives and to actively participate in service development projects and audit as required.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached full job description and person specification for a full range of duties and responsibilities associated with this position.

Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC registration

Skills and Experience

Essential

Able to make clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions Experience of supervising staff and students of own profession Effective time management and caseload management Competent IT skills

Desirable

Recent relevant experience within the community setting including management of the frail complex patient Working with a range of professionals in Health or Social Care Experience of supervising staff and students of from other professions

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