We have an exciting opportunity within our team for a skilled and dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work in the Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley areas of Kent. With the responsibility to provide specialist assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for adult patients living in the community with complex and complicated care needs, referred into the service.
In addition, you'll provide advice, support and education for patients and their families/carers, voluntary agencies and all those working with the patient regarding their medical condition and how this affects the person’s lifestyle and environment in order to maintain relationships, roles and independence.
This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week.
A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this position
Package DescriptionAs a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Livingstone Hospital, Dartford.
You will feel valued as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
AFC Band 6 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. (Salary within banding, discussed and agreed based on previous salary with evidence provided)
5% High Cost Area Allowance
Plentiful on site-parking
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday 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
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
Main ResponsibilitiesAs a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will:
To provide and develop a high standard of Occupational Therapy (OT) services to the patients with a focus on re enablement of patients to return home.
To provide Occupational Therapy treatment within the community inpatient setting.
To provide focused OT assessments, interventions and advice for patients and relatives, using evidence-based client-centred principles.
To manage, supervise and develop junior therapists, rehab assistants, apprentices, and students.
To promote the role of Occupational Therapy within the inter-professional team and ensure that good communication exists with all staff in HCRG care group and outside agencies.
To maintain a high standard of care and clinical practice in Neurology through liaison with those working in the team and to maintain close working relationships with other Therapists and nursing staff to facilitate integrated and collaborative rehabilitation programmes.
To facilitate home visits/access visits establishing what equipment needs are
Please see job description attached for full list of responsibilities.
The Ideal CandidateAs a Band 6 Occupational Therapist you will:
Have a HCPC registration
Have a BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Have knowledge of relevant national guidance and other relevant initiatives
Have the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams across health, social and voluntary sectors
Have excellent communication skills
Have motivation, adaptability and innovation skills
Need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
A full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this position as it's Community based and travel across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley areas is required.
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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