Job summary
22.5 hours per week - Permanent.
We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Kingsbridge Community Therapy Team, based in a lovely location within a welcoming and picturesque town. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a small, friendly and highly experienced team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Assistants, who genuinely support one another and enjoy working together. You'll be encouraged to work autonomously while benefiting from a supportive team culture, shared expertise and a strong focus on delivering high-quality, person-centred care. If you're looking for a role where you can make a real difference, feel valued by colleagues, and enjoy working in a friendly team within a wonderful community setting, wed love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as an experienced Occupational Therapist, contributing to the planning, delivery and evaluation of Occupational Therapy interventions. They will hold clinical responsibility for providing a high-quality service, working with guidance from the Team Lead and as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT).
The role requires the post holder to act as an autonomous practitioner, holding and managing a caseload and working without direct supervision, while recognising the importance of peer support, supervision and escalation when required. They will provide professional advice, guidance and signposting, contribute to MDT working including education and shared learning, and maintain professional development in line with HCPC standards.
All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
Job Share(s) Considered
"please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social
enterprise delivering integrated health and social care services across
Plymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts of
Devon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sports
centres, and health hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, and
collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, while
empowering staff and those we serve.
We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, in
shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the right
time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people lead
healthy, independent lives.
We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, training
pathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the Care
Certificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorship
programs ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.
Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from all
sections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mental
health, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during the
application process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day
management and prioritisation of team work-load and, where appropriate, provision
for the management of team caseloads through delegation and supervision. This
also includes completion of Home First assessments, in order to support with safe
hospital discharges, as well as managing their own caseload. They will ensure
people understand the role and philosophy of Occupational Therapy and the
components of the Occupational Therapy process.
The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessment,
treatment and evaluation of people with a wide range of needs, including
complex presentations. This will include the use of standardised and
non-standardised assessments to inform clinical reasoning across cognitive,
sensory, perceptual, behavioural, physical, psychosocial and functional
domains. Interventions will promote independence and safety through approaches
such as motor relearning, cognitive and compensatory techniques, daily living
skills and health education.
They will assess, prescribe and authorise aids and
equipment, complete special orders, and recommend minor and major adaptations
to enable or compensate for functional difficulties, including applications for
Disabled Facilities Grants and housing adaptations. The post holder will assess
seating, positioning, splinting and upper limb needs, including the fabrication
of splints, and prescribe standard wheelchairs where appropriate, referring
complex needs to specialist services.
The role includes planning, delivering and reviewing
treatment programmes in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, people,
carers and families, in line with consent. The post holder will maintain
accurate records, provide written communication to external agencies,
facilitate timely discharge, and refer on to follow up services to support
ongoing independence.
They will provide sensitive education and advice to people
and carers, support adjustment to lifechanging circumstances, promote safe
return home from care settings, and contribute to safeguarding processes,
Mental Capacity Act decisions, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and best interest
decision making. Risk assessment, lone working compliance, infection control
and safe manual handling practice are integral to the role.
Organisational Responsibilities
The post holder will maintain clear, accurate and
confidential records in line with Livewell Southwest policies and professional
standards. They will contribute to service audits, research, data collection
and reporting requirements, and support the development and coordination of the
Occupational Therapy service within the team.
They will assist with the screening, triage and
prioritisation of referrals, joint management of waiting lists, and ensure
service delivery aligns with eligibility criteria and performance standards.
The post holder will also contribute to service development and provide cover
for absent colleagues when required.
Professional Responsibilities
The post holder will take responsibility for their own
professional development, ensuring compliance with HCPC standards, the Royal
College of Occupational Therapists code of conduct, mandatory training and
service specific competencies. They will actively participate in supervision,
appraisal, reflective practice, staff meetings and professional forums.
They will contribute to the supervision, appraisal,
induction, training and development of junior staff, nonqualified staff and
students, including providing regular fieldwork education for Occupational
Therapy students. The post holder will demonstrate leadership, support clinical
governance, apply relevant legislation and policy (including the Care Act 2014),
and promote equality, diversity and person-centred practice.
Senior Therapist Responsibilities
As a senior therapist within the team, the post holder will
participate in duty rotas, triage of referrals, investigations of serious
incidents, response to complaints, and operational service delivery. They will
deputise for the Team Lead as required, including attending meetings and
overseeing waiting list management, and take an active role in service
improvement and development projects.
Note:
This job description is not exhaustive and may be subject to change following
consultation with the post holder and line manager. The post holder is required
to comply with all infection prevention and control policies, attend relevant
training and escalate concerns appropriately in line with organisational
procedures.
For the full job description, please see the document entitled job descrption with personal spec
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day
management and prioritisation of team work-load and, where appropriate, provision
for the management of team caseloads through delegation and supervision. This
also includes completion of Home First assessments, in order to support with safe
hospital discharges, as well as managing their own caseload. They will ensure
people understand the role and philosophy of Occupational Therapy and the
components of the Occupational Therapy process.
The post holder will undertake comprehensive assessment,
treatment and evaluation of people with a wide range of needs, including
complex presentations. This will include the use of standardised and
non-standardised assessments to inform clinical reasoning across cognitive,
sensory, perceptual, behavioural, physical, psychosocial and functional
domains. Interventions will promote independence and safety through approaches
such as motor relearning, cognitive and compensatory techniques, daily living
skills and health education.
They will assess, prescribe and authorise aids and
equipment, complete special orders, and recommend minor and major adaptations
to enable or compensate for functional difficulties, including applications for
Disabled Facilities Grants and housing adaptations. The post holder will assess
seating, positioning, splinting and upper limb needs, including the fabrication
of splints, and prescribe standard wheelchairs where appropriate, referring
complex needs to specialist services.
The role includes planning, delivering and reviewing
treatment programmes in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, people,
carers and families, in line with consent. The post holder will maintain
accurate records, provide written communication to external agencies,
facilitate timely discharge, and refer on to follow up services to support
ongoing independence.
They will provide sensitive education and advice to people
and carers, support adjustment to lifechanging circumstances, promote safe
return home from care settings, and contribute to safeguarding processes,
Mental Capacity Act decisions, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and best interest
decision making. Risk assessment, lone working compliance, infection control
and safe manual handling practice are integral to the role.
Organisational Responsibilities
The post holder will maintain clear, accurate and
confidential records in line with Livewell Southwest policies and professional
standards. They will contribute to service audits, research, data collection
and reporting requirements, and support the development and coordination of the
Occupational Therapy service within the team.
They will assist with the screening, triage and
prioritisation of referrals, joint management of waiting lists, and ensure
service delivery aligns with eligibility criteria and performance standards.
The post holder will also contribute to service development and provide cover
for absent colleagues when required.
Professional Responsibilities
The post holder will take responsibility for their own
professional development, ensuring compliance with HCPC standards, the Royal
College of Occupational Therapists code of conduct, mandatory training and
service specific competencies. They will actively participate in supervision,
appraisal, reflective practice, staff meetings and professional forums.
They will contribute to the supervision, appraisal,
induction, training and development of junior staff, nonqualified staff and
students, including providing regular fieldwork education for Occupational
Therapy students. The post holder will demonstrate leadership, support clinical
governance, apply relevant legislation and policy (including the Care Act 2014),
and promote equality, diversity and person-centred practice.
Senior Therapist Responsibilities
As a senior therapist within the team, the post holder will
participate in duty rotas, triage of referrals, investigations of serious
incidents, response to complaints, and operational service delivery. They will
deputise for the Team Lead as required, including attending meetings and
overseeing waiting list management, and take an active role in service
improvement and development projects.
Note:
This job description is not exhaustive and may be subject to change following
consultation with the post holder and line manager. The post holder is required
to comply with all infection prevention and control policies, attend relevant
training and escalate concerns appropriately in line with organisational
procedures.
For the full job description, please see the document entitled job descrption with personal spec
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
Desirable
- Accredited Practice Placement Educator (or willingness to achieve)
- Recognised first line leadership or management qualification, or evidence of working towards
- Relevant postgraduate training related to the clinical area
- Membership of relevant professional or special interest groups
Experience
Essential
- Working as a member of an MDT with the ability to work flexibly
- Extensive clinical experience in health and/or social care
- OT treatment planning
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Significant post registration experience
- Multi pathology assessment
- Home and community assessments
- Effective caseload management and discharge planning
- Management, leadership and supervisory skills
Desirable
- Orthotics and splinting including fabrication of thermoplastic splints
- Clinical supervision and appraisal of staff
- Risk assessment in a variety of settings
- Assessment for standard prescription wheelchairs, static seating and pressure care
- Assessment of posture and positioning
- Managing service development projects
- Working in and facilitation of groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of OT process within a variety of clinical settings
- Knowledge of OT models of practice
- Understanding of OT outcome measures
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
- Computer literacy
- Working knowledge of health and social care legislation and its use in current practice
- Working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application to practice
- Presentation and training skills
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Application of health and safety and risk management policies including dynamic risk assessment
- Detailed knowledge of a range of standardised/non-standardised assessment
- Detailed knowledge of varied intervention media
- Clinical conditions relevant to OT area of practice
- Specialised skills in clinical assessment, intervention and evaluation
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Leadership qualities
- Innovative
- Willingness to work flexibly and to work across range of community and inpatient settings
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
Desirable
- Wheelchair Accreditation
- Knowledge and use of complex manual handling techniques and strategies including manual handling plans and risk assessments.
- Knowledge of major adaptations and management through the DFG process.
- Leading in-service training and education workshops for OTs and other disciplines
- Applying research to practice
- Knowledge of NSFs Professional and Government agenda
- Environmental Control Systems
Experience
Essential
- Working as a member of an MDT with the ability to work flexibly
- Extensive clinical experience in health and/or social care
- OT treatment planning
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Significant post registration experience
- Multi pathology assessment
- Home and community assessments
- Effective caseload management and discharge planning
- Management, leadership and supervisory skills
Desirable
- Orthotics and splinting including fabrication of thermoplastic splints
- Clinical supervision and appraisal of staff
- Risk assessment in a variety of settings
- Assessment for standard prescription wheelchairs, static seating and pressure care
- Assessment of posture and positioning
- Managing service development projects
- Working in and facilitation of groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
Desirable
- Accredited Practice Placement Educator (or willingness to achieve)
- Recognised first line leadership or management qualification, or evidence of working towards
- Relevant postgraduate training related to the clinical area
- Membership of relevant professional or special interest groups
Experience
Essential
- Working as a member of an MDT with the ability to work flexibly
- Extensive clinical experience in health and/or social care
- OT treatment planning
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Significant post registration experience
- Multi pathology assessment
- Home and community assessments
- Effective caseload management and discharge planning
- Management, leadership and supervisory skills
Desirable
- Orthotics and splinting including fabrication of thermoplastic splints
- Clinical supervision and appraisal of staff
- Risk assessment in a variety of settings
- Assessment for standard prescription wheelchairs, static seating and pressure care
- Assessment of posture and positioning
- Managing service development projects
- Working in and facilitation of groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Application of OT process within a variety of clinical settings
- Knowledge of OT models of practice
- Understanding of OT outcome measures
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
- Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
- Supervisory and appraisal skills
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
- Computer literacy
- Working knowledge of health and social care legislation and its use in current practice
- Working knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application to practice
- Presentation and training skills
- Ability to work flexibly
- Ability to work under pressure
- Application of health and safety and risk management policies including dynamic risk assessment
- Detailed knowledge of a range of standardised/non-standardised assessment
- Detailed knowledge of varied intervention media
- Clinical conditions relevant to OT area of practice
- Specialised skills in clinical assessment, intervention and evaluation
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Leadership qualities
- Innovative
- Willingness to work flexibly and to work across range of community and inpatient settings
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
Desirable
- Wheelchair Accreditation
- Knowledge and use of complex manual handling techniques and strategies including manual handling plans and risk assessments.
- Knowledge of major adaptations and management through the DFG process.
- Leading in-service training and education workshops for OTs and other disciplines
- Applying research to practice
- Knowledge of NSFs Professional and Government agenda
- Environmental Control Systems
Experience
Essential
- Working as a member of an MDT with the ability to work flexibly
- Extensive clinical experience in health and/or social care
- OT treatment planning
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Significant post registration experience
- Multi pathology assessment
- Home and community assessments
- Effective caseload management and discharge planning
- Management, leadership and supervisory skills
Desirable
- Orthotics and splinting including fabrication of thermoplastic splints
- Clinical supervision and appraisal of staff
- Risk assessment in a variety of settings
- Assessment for standard prescription wheelchairs, static seating and pressure care
- Assessment of posture and positioning
- Managing service development projects
- Working in and facilitation of groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
