Occupational Therapist (Rotational)

Job Type:
Permanent
Job Sector:
Health, Medicine
Region:
South West
Location:
St Martin's Hospital, Bath
Salary:
£28,407 to £34,581 per annum
Salary Description:
£28,407 - £34,581
Posted:
04/11/2024
Recruiter:
HCRG Care Group
Job Ref:
HCRGCG/TP/25229/12457

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist based around the Bath area looking to join a team which is striving to make positive changes? Would you like to work for an organisation where more than 9 out of every 10 of the people who use our services would recommend them?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and competent professional to join this unique and specialist rotation working within dynamic multi-disciplinary teams across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES). If you are a current Band 5, a third year student or looking to return to practice we would love to hear from you!

This rotation is within specialist services which includes: Falls and Parkinson’s Clinic, the Community Neuro and Stroke Service, Early Supported Discharge Team (ESD)  and the ward at St Martins Hospital, which includes in-patient stroke rehab.

This will be a 9 month rotation into each service. Some locations provide a 7 day a week service, including bank holidays. Intervention is completed either in a clinic/ward or within the community setting across Bath and North East Somerset.

Regular team meetings are held in each service and staff have access to remote working in the community. The post holder will have the opportunities to develop specialist skills under the guidance of a clinical specialist in each area.

Your first rotation will be with the team on Sulis Ward at St Martins Hospital. This is a fast-paced in-patient unit providing both rehabilitation and discharge planning for service users with complex, multifactorial conditions including stroke.

This is a full time opportunity working 37.5 hours per week on a permanent basis for a rotation.
Package DescriptionAs a Band 5 Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team in Bath and North East Somerset.

You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: 


£28,407 - £34,581 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 ResponsibilitiesIn this role you will:


Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
maintain a high standard of service user focused care - reflecting an inter-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation and a holistic and seamless service.
Develop good communication links with service users and carers and joint working with other services
Able to manage complex and sensitive situations, ensuring confidentiality.
Support the on-going development of the services


Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities
The Ideal Candidate
Diploma/Degree Occupational Therapy and HCPC Registration
Awareness of neurological conditions including stroke and Parkinson’s
Relevant clinical skills working with older people
Awareness of falls including evidence based practice
Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working with other agencies
Knowledge of standardised assessments/outcome measures used
Demonstrate an ability to make decisions, delegate, take responsibility, work autonomously and think laterally
As this is a community role you must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle


If you would like to learn more about this role, please contact Jo Lindley at Jo.Lindley@hcrgcaregroup.com, Andrew Griffin at Andrew.Griffin@hcrgcaregroup.com or Christina Ring at Christina.Ring@hcrgcaregroup.com
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.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy. 

Contact Details:
HCRG Care Group
Tel: 03002471111
Contact: Careers Team (NW)
Email:

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