Are you an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist, or a Band 5 looking to make a difference in your career?
We are looking for a talented Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Complex Health Needs Service (CHNS) as part of the Learning Disability and Autism division based at Carrswood Day Services, Bath.
You will join a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team of specialist health care professionals working together to provide a range of services for adults with Learning Disabilities and Autism in Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). We believe strongly that our services should be person centred and enable the people we work with to have choice and control in their lives.
You will contribute to assessment, formulation, and care planning, as well as providing teaching and training to colleagues and partner organisations within B&NES on a range of conditions and therapeutic approaches.
This post is for 37.5 hours a week, core service hours are 6:00am to 8.00pm with typical hours being 9.00am to 5.00pm though these may change depending on service requirements.
This role requires community visits to be undertaken meaning a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential.
Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within our CHNS Service based at Carrswood Day Services, Twerton, Bath, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
£35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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
Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Main ResponsibilitiesAs a Band 6 Occupational Therapist your days will be varied but responsibilities may include:
Independently managing a complex caseload using advanced clinical reasoning to support assessments.
Providing specialist occupational therapy and MDT working to fulfil clinical responsibilities in managing complex needs; challenging behaviour; dementia; autism; profound and multiple disabilities and those in transition from children to adult services.
Contributing to the coordination of the dementia pathway
Acting in an advisory capacity to Individuals, families, and support staff.
Supporting Individuals to receive a comprehensive assessment of needs and risks.
Ensuring effective communication where there may be barriers to understanding and acceptance
Developing close working relationships between service users, families, carers, and all relevant agencies
Supervising junior occupational therapists; assistant practitioners and support staff
Contributing to the development of person/centred support plans
Carrying out detailed assessments utilising knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice e.g. MOHO, COPM, AMPS.
Monitoring and evaluating intervention to measure progress, effectiveness and outcomes.
For a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description
The Ideal CandidateWe are looking for an experienced occupational therapist or a band 5 looking to progress in their career!
You will have access to regular clinical and management supervision to enable you to work autonomously and develop specialist skills. We have excellent in-house training and access to external courses to facilitate your work and future CPD.
Our ideal candidates will have:
Experience undertaking specialist assessments with highly complex individuals
Experience providing therapeutic interventions with adults with complex needs and/or enduring mental health problems
Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
Current HCPC registration
Evidence of CPD
A driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes
For a full list of criteria please see attached job description
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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