Occupational Therapist​/Clinical Advisor

Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor

Salary:

Comparable to NHS Band 6 / Band 7, depending on Experience

Post: 30hours per week - with flexibility considered for the right candidate.

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 this field as an equipment specialist!

Join us as our new Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor 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 the best outcomes for the Suffolk contract.

You’ll be supported by an excellent team of professional and ever developing co-workers who all identify and align with Medequip’s values. Our national clinical team has strong peer support, CPD, induction and supervision structures in place under the management of the Head of Clinical Services.

The Ipswich depot has two OTs working together to meet the needs of the service.

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.

At Medequip, we are values-driven, focusing not only on results but on how they are achieved, with emphasis on safety, empathy, respect, teamwork, and excellence.

As the Occupational Therapist / Clinical Advisor for Medequip Assistive Technology Ltd you will be part of our existing Community Equipment Services (CES). We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced Occupational Therapist to provide expert equipment advice and support to prescribers, commissioners, operational staff, and the community.

You will have extensive experience and have undertaken either management or specialist roles in your field of work. You will use your expert equipment knowledge to ensure best practice within the service and help develop and deliver innovative solutions, providing a high‑quality, cost effective, and efficient equipment loan service.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Working with the senior management team, referrers, commissioners, suppliers, and operational teams to successfully deliver a person‑centred Community Equipment Service that supports individuals accessing the right equipment to support their needs at the right time.
• Providing comprehensive, specialist support and advice to referrers into the service and the managers and colleagues within the service in order to maximise the recycling of special equipment, including review and oversight of special orders.
• Providing expert advice and clinical reasoning on the supply, suitability, and procurement of equipment into and from the service.
• To work jointly with the CES managers and commissioners to identify and initiate evidence‑based audits and projects, to understand and analyse the data and prepare written reports.
• Working collaboratively with health & social care professionals and CES commissioners in the development of best practice for the future provision of equipment, ensuring good clinical governance and safe working practices.
• To support and deliver training and demonstration sessions according to the needs of the contract.
• Joint working with CES managers to ensure catalogue systems and accurate information are in place to maximise utilisation and ensure best value for money.

Above all, you will identify and align with our company values:

• 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.

• Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy
• To…