Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you looking to progress your career with a forward thinking, award winning organisation?

We have a vacancy for an Occupational Therapist at to work as part of the inpatient therapy team at Halstead Hospital. This is a 20 bed community ward offering a rehabilitation pathway for patients of various ages with a variety of diagnoses. The ward is nurse and therapy led with support from GPs and a medicine for the elderly consultant. Patients are admitted from acute hospitals for a period of active assessment and rehabilitation to optimise their independence and safety prior to returning home.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a band 5 applicant who is seeking a rewarding career to join us.

The team which comprises of Occupational therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants. The post holder will be part of a wider professionally led, well established therapy service offering a range of specialisms. If you enjoy working as part of a friendly team, have a positive 'can do' approach and a commitment to enabling patients to achieve their maximum rehabilitation potential then this is the job for you.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy service to patients admitted to Halstead Community Hospital ward. To work as an autonomous practitioner, within the multidisciplinary team. To ensure timely discharge of patients from the service and refer patients on to other health, social care and voluntary agencies, as appropriate. To provide leadership, training and supervision for junior members of staff, therapy assistants and Occupational Therapy students on placement. To support service development initiatives. To manage the day to day work of the team in absence of the team leader. To provide clinical cover to other aspects of the therapy service as required. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree in Occupational Therapy HCPC registered

Knowledge

Essential

Evidence of broad clinical experience

Desirable

Experience of working in an inpatient setting Experience of supervising junior staff, therapy assistants and students

Skills

Essential

High standard of written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

Experience of using Systmone

circumstance

Essential

Access to own transport and ability to transport patient equipment

Desirable

Experience of using Systmone

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