Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Hospital and Community

Applications are invited from qualified Occupational Therapists to join the Adult Therapies team on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. This role is a Hospital and Community-based role; you will join a team of five Band 6 OTs on a nine‑month rotation between the Hospital and Adult Community teams, with an opportunity to remain in the community on an ongoing basis.

Hospital wards include A&E, Surgical Wards and Stroke Rehab Ward.

The service strives to:

• prevent emergency hospital admissions and readmissions, admission to long‑term care, and to enable early discharge from hospital;
• work in partnership with users and carers, the voluntary sector, other agencies and other sections and groups to achieve the best possible service.

Please note;
Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scale. The current Band 6 salary range is 46,152 to 62,310 plus an annual bonus of 1,605. Annual leave starts at 36 days up to 42 days with full credit for NHS service for annual leave and sick leave.

This unique integrated health service delivers a diverse range of services including diagnosing and treating patients in the island's acute hospital complex, and supporting people with in the wider community. Providing excellent care, supported by modern equipment and reliant on Healthcare professionals recruited to a high standard.

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain's finest and best‑kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbour town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.

• Qualified Occupational with full HCPC registration.
• One year post‑registration experience in either an Adult Hospital Ward and/or Adult Community‑based setting.
• The ability to manage own defined caseload.
• Experience in supervision of students and OT Assistants, and assisting in the orientation of junior qualified OTs.
• Willing and able to work as part of a flexible OT Service and a wider multi‑disciplinary team in a variety of settings: service users' own homes, community settings, long‑term care areas, service users' workplaces, and within the acute hospital.
• A current driving licence.

• A higher‑than‑UK salary.
• An annual bonus of 1,605.
• A flat rate 20% income tax.
• No Council tax or VAT.
• A relocation payment of 5,000*.
• A generous allowance for private rental accommodation*.
• A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.
• * Full T&C in relocation directive