Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Overview

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team at North Swindon District Centre (The Orbital Centre),
SN25 4DT
. This role offers a varied and rewarding caseload, enabling you to use your clinical expertise to deliver person-centred, evidence-based occupational therapy interventions across the community.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment and advice to patients in their home environment or outpatient setting in order to promote and facilitate patient independence and well-being, within professional guidelines and protocols.

This is an exciting time to join us as we work in collaboration with local services to enhance rehabilitation in a seamless and integrated way.

If you re ready to take on this meaningful and fulfilling role, we would love to hear from you!

This is a part-time, fixed term role working 32 hours per week on a 6 month contract.

Base: The Orbital, North Swindon District Centre SN25 4AN

• Provide an evidence-based occupational therapy service of a high standard, to patients in a community setting by undertaking comprehensive assessments, reassessments, care planning, rehabilitation and therapeutic care and support. This will involve using clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice to inform the appropriate intervention and developing comprehensive discharge plans from the service.
• Provide professional advice and guidance to the team and others. This will involve contributing to the day-to-day management of the team, data gathering, analysis, recording and reporting, interpreting and recommending further courses of action.
• Allocate, supervise, and direct on-going occupational therapy programmes to patients provided by therapy support workers as required.
• Be responsible for the safe and competent use of equipment and appliances used by patients and ensure that members of the patient’s family, other MDT colleagues, carers and students attain competency prior to use.

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

• Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Membership of College of Occupational Therapists and/ or evidence of other professional liability insurance to practice
• Registered with HCPC
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) recorded in a portfolio, as recommended by HCPC.
• Essential car drivers only.
• Previous post qualification experience working in health and social care environment within the Occupational Therapy professional
• Depth of knowledge of principles and practices within Occupational Therapy to include knowledge of medical conditions prevalent in the elderly e.g., Frailty, Parkinson’s Disease, Stroke, MS, COPD, falls, orthopaedic conditions, general ageing and diabetes.
• Experienced and has depth of knowledge of professional and management practices relevant to the job role. This will include physical and functional assessments, with an awareness of cognitive assessment
• Good working knowledge of typical work-related systems, procedures, equipment and technology
• Knowledge and understanding of the legislation that applies to care and health

• It is desirable to hold or be working towards a post graduate diploma / degree in professional practice and / or management practice
• Good levels of IT literacy including good knowledge of service-related systems
• Demonstrates experience in a people management role, including experience conducting appraisals and general performance management tasks
• Experience of helping developing team members and of seeking ways to improve services
• Able to interpret and explain a variety of routine and more complex technical information to a variety of audiences
• Evidence of ability to resolve varied problems using sound logic and taking into consideration relevant implications and able to demonstrate evidence of good decision making

Please see the job description attached for the full specification.

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our BSW Service, receiving…