Senior Community Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you passionate about delivering community-based therapy, allowing service users to improve their quality of life? Are you committed to a Home First/ pathway 1 ethos, where people can rehabilitate in their own environment?

Our therapists support hospital discharges, admission avoidance and long term self-management, enabling patients to live as independently as possible in their home environment. We support rehabilitation of patients in their place of residence to maximise functional potential including the provision of equipment and liaison with other services as needed. The role includes assessment of functional ability and care support needs, both for establishing rehabilitation goals and longer term care needs if required.

We are seeking a motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to join our busy and dynamic team and promote choice for our service users and their carers. You will be working alongside PT's, case managers and support workers and will develop overlapping skills with these professions.

In return, we'll give you the opportunity to develop skills and enhance your multidisciplinary working; we will provide you with regular supervision as well as the opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

We offer a flexible service which covers extended hours operating 7 days a week, to support our service user needs. Working arrangements include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver holistic assessments, planning and evaluating care for patients with acute and complex needs
• Use clinical reasoning to provide evidence-based, person-centred interventions that promote safe, high-quality care
• Manage your own caseload and support effective team coordination and service delivery
• Work proactively with MDT colleagues to prevent avoidable admissions and support timely discharges
• Collaborate with patients, families and carers to set meaningful goals that maximise independence and quality of life
• Facilitate referrals and coordinate care based on individual needs
• Assess and arrange appropriate equipment within scope of practice
• Support, supervise and contribute to the development of junior staff, peers and students
• Maintain accurate, timely and legally compliant records
• Contribute to training and continuous service improvement
• Identify and manage risk to ensure the safety of patients, colleagues and yourself

Want to know more? Get in touch or join us for a shadow shift to see if this role is right for you.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make arealdifference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities forallour colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc or equivalent in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning

Desirable

• Member of the College of Occupational Therapists

Skills, knowledge and experience

Essential

• Explain and evidence how you have effectively led a team with senior support when required
• Explain and evidence how you've made clinically reasoned judgements when working with a variety of conditions
• Explain and give evidence of supervising staff and students of own/ other profession
• Demonstrate effective time management and caseload management with a community caseload
• Explain and evidence how you're able to work autonomously, with the ability to know when to seek appropriate advice / guidance from senior staff.

Desirable

• Recent relevant experience within the community setting

Reason for applying

Essential

• Please explain why you are applying for this role.