We have an exciting opportunity for an Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Urgent Care team! You'll conduct thorough assessments and deliver short-term interventions aimed at preventing hospital admissions and halting further decline for at-risk service users. As a vital member of our virtual multidisciplinary team, you'll provide expert guidance, manage complex cases, and ensure safe management of service users.
Your responsibilities will include clinical triage, staying updated on guidelines, leading clinical training, and collaborating closely with various healthcare professionals and organisations to deliver person-centered care. With a focus on empowering service users, you'll develop care plans and rehabilitation programs tailored to their needs, fostering informed decision-making and active participation in their care journey.
The role is required to cover across the BaNES area, working primarily out from the Care Co-ordination Centre in Peasdown-St-John, mobile and home working is essential.
Currently the hours of UCR service are spread over 7 days - 8am to 8pm however this may be subject to change in the future.
Interview date: Wednesday 15th May at Peasedown St John Care Co-ordination Centre
Package DescriptionAs a Band 7 Occupational Therapist - Urgent Care Team you’ll be part of our valued team in Bath and North East Somerset
You will feel valued as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Salary of £43,742 - £50,056 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main Responsibilities
Conduct initial holistic assessments and implement care programs for acutely and chronically unwell patients with complex frail needs
Utilise clinical reasoning skills to plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based rehabilitation programs
Promote high-quality, harm-free care and proactive caseload management
Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to develop, deliver, and evaluate specialist services
Conduct skilled assessments to formulate individualised management plans and treatment options
Provide specialist support and advice to other services and contribute to team development initiatives
Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support for team members
Role model advanced communication skills and exercise professional judgment to manage risk effectively
Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.
The Ideal Candidate
Hold a recognised professional qualification at degree level or equivalent and be registered with
HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
Possess expert clinical knowledge and experience with complex cases, understanding their long-term impact
Ability to manage caseload effectively and delegate appropriately
Model and promote interdisciplinary working for efficient and person-centred care
Ability to lead a team effectively with senior support when needed
Experience providing clinical supervision, education, and staff support
Have relevant experience working closely in multidisciplinary teams and with health, social care, and voluntary sector colleagues
Experience in conducting service reviews and audits
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re 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 doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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