Senior Occupational Therapist – Band 6 - Longleat Ward

Job summary

Senior Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Part time 25.5 Hours per week

12 month Fixed Term Contract

Are you an innovative,enthusiastic, organised and experienced Occupational Therapist with at least 18 months post registration experience and a strong interest in rehabilitation?

Would you like to work in a friendly andsupportiveinpatient team within a community hospital?

We are currently looking for aBand 6 Occupational Therapist, This is a 12 month contract to cover Maternity leave, to join our inpatient therapy team on Longleat ward at Warminster community Hospital in Wiltshire.This role offers an excellent opportunity to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering holistic, patient centred and evidence-based care.

HCRG Care Groupis a forward thinking, innovative service provider delivering treatment and care for a wide-ranging population across a mixture of rural and suburban settings.The service providessupport to three acute trusts and is constantly developing new services to provide the best level of care to the people of Wiltshire.

Longleat wardis a 25 bed IP ward with a multi-disciplinary approach to the patient pathway. Patients are admitted to our ward from our 3 acutes for ongoing care.Conditions can be varied and complex and include orthopaedics, neurological, musculoskeletal, frailty, dementia

Main duties of the job

To be successful in the post you must demonstrate a keen interest in care of the older person and be able to deliver high quality patient rehabilitation and discharge planning of complex patients within a community hospital ward environment using evidence-based practice. You must be able to prioritise and organise your caseload, support in the development of B5 OT staff, students and be experienced in supporting and delegating to therapy assistants.

You will be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, flexible, work autonomously using strong clinical assessment and reasoning skills as well as supporting and leading on complex discharges.

You will demonstrate a desire to work creatively to bring about innovative service development and commit to putting the patient at the centre of your work.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Warminster

Wiltshire

BA12 8QS

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Warminster

Wiltshire

BA12 8QS

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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