Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

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Join Our Dynamic Team! Make a Real Impact in Social Care!

Are you a passionate and experienced Occupational Therapist seeking a rewarding opportunity to transform lives? We are actively looking for a motivated individual to join our team in Peterborough's Social Care, where your expertise can make a significant difference.

Your Role: Community-focused and Rewarding

As a community-based Occupational Therapist, your role involves specialised assessments and interventions, utilising your skills to ensure individuals are safe and thriving in their home environment. If you have experience of working within health and are eager to transfer your skills to a community setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

This would also be an opportunity for any social care OT who is ready to progress their career into a more senior level.

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Main duties of the job

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You will have excellent communication skills at all times and especially where there are barriers to understanding, resistance or non-compliance. You will have transferrable skills that you can bring from your present role and ensure that your interventions are as holistic as possible taking into account all aspects of the persons daily life. The main OT team works with adults including moving and handling, minor and major adaptations, Technology Enabled Care, Learning Disability, OT Duty triaging and prioritising cases, as well as some work for Childrens services within the home environment.

Independent, well reasoned judgement and decision making skills are important for this job as you will be working towards increasing your level of responsibility and challenge as an autonomous practitioner, supported by an OT supervisor and a daily senior OT on duty to assist in complex cases. You would also be expected to supervise junior therapy staff and support them in their development. Continuing Professional Development is given as protected time and there are further opportunities for training. Training will also be provided from the wealth of knowledge and expertise within the team.

About us

At Peterborough Therapy Services, we believe in the power of occupational therapy to enhance people's lives. Our focus is on early intervention and prevention, ensuring individuals can live independently at home for longer. As a part of Home Services Delivery, you will work in the OT team along with a wider team who provide additional services like Care & Repair and Reablement, empowering those facing challenges to lead more independent and fulfilling lives.

We operate a flexible way of working over the week and there is no weekend working. We are mostly agile and work from home only using the office as an official work base. You will manage your own diary and will have a manageable allocation each week with no monthly targets. Part time hours will also be considered.

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